tickseed

English

Etymology

From tick +‎ seed, from tick (“the insect”).

Noun

tickseed (plural tickseeds)

1. A seed or fruit resembling a tick in shape, or in clinging to the skin or hair/fur.
2. A plant producing such seed or fruit, such as those in the genera:
   1. Bidens, beggarticks.
   2. Coreopsis, coreopsis
   3. Corispermum, bugseeds
   4. Desmodium, tick-trefoils

Further reading

• Bidens on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Coreopsis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Corispermum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Desmodium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Anagrams

• seed tick