ticktrefoil

ticktrefoil
tick trefoil n.
Any of various plants of the genus Desmodium, usually having trifoliolate compound leaves, racemes of small purplish or white flowers, and jointed seedpods with easily separable, one-seeded segments.
  [From tick2(from the way its pods adhere to animals).]

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Universalium. 2010.

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