• Tick-trefoil

    Origin

    From . Tick refers to the plant's loments – pods that break apart into segments that each contain one seed – which have small hooked hairs that allow the segments to stick to clothes, hair, or fur, similar to the way a tick clings on with its legs.

    Full definition of tick-trefoil

    Noun

    tick-trefoil

    (plural tick-trefoils)
    1. One of several species in the genus Desmodium in the legume family
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