beggar'slice

beggar'slice
beg·gar's lice (bĕgʹərz) n. (used with a sing. or pl. verb)
1. Any of several plants, such as the stickseed, having small, often prickly fruits that cling readily to clothing or animal fur.
2. The fruit of any of these plants.

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