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Beggar''s Ticks :: Beggar's ticks () The bur marigold (Bidens) and its achenes, which are armed with barbed awns, and adhere to clothing and fleeces with unpleasant tenacity..

Akene :: Akene (n.) Same as Achene.

Cynarrhodium :: Cynarrhodium (n.) A fruit like that of the rose, consisting of a cup formed of the calyx tube and receptacle, and containing achenes..

Egret :: Egret (n.) The flying feathery or hairy crown of seeds or achenes, as the down of the thistle..

Mousetail :: Mousetail (n.) A genus of ranunculaceous plants (Myosurus), in which the prolonged receptacle is covered with imbricating achenes, and so resembles the tail of a mouse..

Cypsela :: Cypsela (n.) A one-seeded, one-celled, indehiscent fruit; an achene with the calyx tube adherent..

Achene :: Achene (n.) Alt. of Acheniu.

Achenial :: Achenial (a.) Pertaining to an achene.

Pappus :: Pappus (n.) The hairy or feathery appendage of the achenes of thistles, dandelions, and most other plants of the order Compositae; also, the scales, awns, or bristles which represent the calyx in other plants of the same order..

Tail :: Tail (n.) A downy or feathery appendage to certain achenes. It is formed of the permanent elongated style.

Coreopsis :: Coreopsis (n.) A genus of herbaceous composite plants, having the achenes two-horned and remotely resembling some insect; tickseed. C. tinctoria, of the Western plains, the commonest plant of the genus, has been used in dyeing..

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