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tickseed

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From tick + seed, from tick (“the insect”).

noun tickseeds

  1. A seed or fruit resembling a tick in shape, or in clinging to the skin or hair/fur.
  2. Bidens, beggarticks.
  3. Coreopsis, coreopsis
  4. Corispermum, bugseeds
  5. Desmodium, tick-trefoils

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@misc{tickseed_2026,
  title = {tickseed},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tickseed},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}