Spanish needles
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Spanish needles
pl.n. (used with a sing. or pl. verb)
Any of various bur marigolds, especially Bidens bipinatta, having long, thin, barbed achenes.
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Span′ish nee′dles
n.
a composite plant, Bidens bipinnata, having achenes with downwardly barbed awns.
[1735–45, Amer.]
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| Noun | 1. |  Spanish needles - the seed of bur marigolds beggar's-ticks, bur marigold, burr marigold, sticktight, beggar-ticks - any of several plants of the genus Bidens having yellow flowers and prickly fruits that cling to fur and clothing |
| 2. |  Spanish needles - common bur marigold of the eastern United Statesbeggar's-ticks, bur marigold, burr marigold, sticktight, beggar-ticks - any of several plants of the genus Bidens having yellow flowers and prickly fruits that cling to fur and clothing |
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