- beg|gar-lice
- beg|gar-lice «BEHG uhr LYS», noun (plural) or singular.= beggar's-lice. (Cf. ↑beggar's-lice)
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beg|gar's-lice — «BEHG uhrz LYS», noun (plural). 1. pl. in use the burs or prickly seeds of various plants, that stick to clothes. 2. pl. or sing. in use any one of several weeds of the borage family on which such burs or seeds grow … Useful english dictionary
beg|gar's-ticks — «BEHG uhrz TIHKS», noun. 1. any one of several plants of the pea family. 2. = beggar s lice. (Cf. ↑beggar s lice) … Useful english dictionary
beg|gar-ticks — «BEHG uhr TIHKS», noun (plural) or singular. = beggar s lice. (Cf. ↑beggar s lice) … Useful english dictionary
beggar's-lice — beg′gar s lice or beg′gar lice , n. pl. lice. (used with a sing. or pl. v.) 1) pln any of several plants, esp. of the genera Cynoglossum and Hackelia, of the borage family, having small, prickly fruits that stick to clothing 2) pln the fruit or… … From formal English to slang
Beggar's lice — Beg gar s lice (Bot.) The prickly fruit or seed of certain plants (as some species of {Echinospermum} and {Cynoglossum}) which cling to the clothing of those who brush by them. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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. * * * … Universalium
