'Bur marigold' definitions:
Definition of 'bur marigold'
(from WordNet)
noun
Any of several plants of the genus Bidens having yellow flowers and prickly fruits that cling to fur and clothing [syn: bur marigold, burr marigold, beggar-ticks, beggar's-ticks, sticktight]
Definition of 'Bur marigold'
From: GCIDE
- Bur marigold \Bur" mar"i*gold\ See Beggar's ticks. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'bur marigold'
From: GCIDE
- Marigold \Mar"i*gold\, n. [Mary + gold.] (Bot.) A name for several plants with golden yellow blossoms, especially the Calendula officinalis (see Calendula), and the cultivated species of Tagetes. [1913 Webster]
- Note: There are several yellow-flowered plants of different genera bearing this name; as, the African marigold or French marigold of the genus Tagetes, of which several species and many varieties are found in gardens. They are mostly strong-smelling herbs from South America and Mexico: bur marigold, of the genus Bidens; corn marigold, of the genus Chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum segetum, a pest in the cornfields of Italy); fig marigold, of the genus Mesembryanthemum; marsh marigold, of the genus Caltha (Caltha palustris), commonly known in America as the cowslip. See Marsh Marigold. [1913 Webster]
- Marigold window. (Arch.) See Rose window, under Rose. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'bur marigold'
From: GCIDE
- stick-tight \stick"-tight`\, n. (Bot.)
- 1. any of several plants having seeds tipped with barbs that may cling to fur or clothing, especially those of the genus Bidens, also called bur marigold, beggar-ticks, and Beggar's ticks, which have prickly flattened achenes. --RHUD [1913 Webster +PJC]
- 2. a seed from a sticktight[1]. [PJC]