1. a plant with small burlike seeds that stick to clothing and animal fur
Usage: botany

Examples

• The hiker’s socks were covered with stickseed after walking through the meadow.
• Stickseed plants are common weeds found along trails and roadsides.
• The dog’s fur was full of stickseed burrs that needed to be carefully removed.
• Farmers consider stickseed a nuisance because it spreads so easily.
• The small blue flowers of stickseed bloom in early summer before the seeds develop.
• Children often get stickseed attached to their clothes when playing outdoors.