1. A tropical American plant of the pea family, having purple flowers and sticky seed pods that cling to clothing and animal fur.
Usage: Also called beggar-lice or beggar's-lice; Common in warm regions
2. A leguminous plant grown as a cover crop or forage plant in the southern United States.
Usage: Agricultural use

Examples

• The beggarweed spread across the field after the farmer planted it as a cover crop.
• Children complained about beggarweed seeds sticking to their socks during a hike.
• Beggarweed is valued in agriculture for improving soil nitrogen content.
• The purple flowers of beggarweed attract pollinators to the garden.
• Farmers in the South have used beggarweed for decades to restore depleted soil.