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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: any of several plants of the genus Bidens having yellow flowers and prickly fruits that cling to fur and clothing [syn: bur marigold, burr marigold, beggar-ticks, beggar's-ticks, sticktight]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: circa 1818 any of a genus (Bidens) of coarse composite herbs with prickly flattened achenes that adhere to clothing and fur

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Marigold Mar"i*gold, n. [Mary + gold.] (Bot.) A name for several plants with golden yellow blossoms, especially the Calendula officinalis (see Calendula), and the cultivated species of Tagetes. Note: There are several yellow-flowered plants of different genera bearing this name; as, the African or French marigold of the genus Tagetes, of which several species and many varieties are found in gardens. They are mostly strong-smelling herbs from South America and Mexico: bur marigold, of the genus Bidens; corn marigold, of the genus Chrysanthemum (C. segetum, a pest in the cornfields of Italy); fig marigold, of the genus Mesembryanthemum; marsh marigold, of the genus Caltha (C. palustris), commonly known in America as the cowslip. See Marsh Marigold. Marigold window. (Arch.) See Rose window, under Rose.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Bur marigold Bur" mar"i*gold See Beggar's ticks.