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Definition of Beggar lice
1. Noun. Eurasian and North American plants having small prickly nutlets that stick to clothing.
Exact synonyms: Beggar's Lice
Group relationships: Genus Hackelia, Genus Lappula, Hackelia, Lappula
Generic synonyms: Stickweed
Group relationships: Genus Hackelia, Genus Lappula, Hackelia, Lappula
Generic synonyms: Stickweed
2. Noun. Any of various tropical and subtropical plants having trifoliate leaves and rough sticky pod sections or loments.
Exact synonyms: Beggar's Lice, Tick Trefoil
Group relationships: Desmodium, Genus Desmodium
Specialized synonyms: Beggarweed, Desmodium Purpureum, Desmodium Tortuosum
Generic synonyms: Subshrub, Suffrutex
Group relationships: Desmodium, Genus Desmodium
Specialized synonyms: Beggarweed, Desmodium Purpureum, Desmodium Tortuosum
Generic synonyms: Subshrub, Suffrutex