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Definition of Tickseed sunflower
1. Noun. North American bur marigold with large flowers.
Exact synonyms: Bidens Coronata, Bidens Trichosperma
Generic synonyms: Beggar's-ticks, Beggar-ticks, Bur Marigold, Burr Marigold, Sticktight
Generic synonyms: Beggar's-ticks, Beggar-ticks, Bur Marigold, Burr Marigold, Sticktight
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tickseed Sunflower
Literary usage of Tickseed sunflower
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Manual of Weeds: With Descriptions of All the Most Pernicious and by Ada Eljiva Georgia (1914)
"... stout, three-angled awns. Despite its beauty, the weed should be destroyed in
the same manner as Bidens frondosa. WESTERN tickseed sunflower Bidens ..."
2. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"A colonial паше is bush-tick berry.— Sunflower- oil, sunflower-seed oil, a
drying-oil expressed from the seeds of the common sunflower.—tickseed sunflower. ..."
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