tick-trefoil

短语

词形变化

tick-trefoils 复数

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    One of several species in the genus Desmodium in the legume family

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

beggar's-lice

上位词 2

subshrub suffrutex

下位词 1

beggarweed

词源

From tick + trefoil (“three-leaved”). Tick refers to the plant's loments – pods that break apart into segments that each contain one seed – which have small hooked hairs that allow the segments to stick to clothes, hair, or fur, similar to the way a tick clings on with its legs.

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