sticktight

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noun

Hackelia virginiana, a biennial plant native to Eastern North America, with sticky burrs.

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Meanings

nounsticktight (countable and uncountable, plural sticktights)

plural sticktights

  1. countableuncountableHackelia virginiana, a biennial plant native to Eastern North America, with sticky burrs.

    Synonyms: burseed, stickseed

Synonyms & antonyms

nounHackelia virginiana, a biennial plant native to Eastern North America, with sticky burrs.

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burseedstickseed

More synonyms by meaning

nounany of several plants of the genus Bidens having yellow flowers and prickly fruits that cling to fur and clothing

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bur marigoldburr marigoldbeggar-ticksbeggar's-ticks
Broader
subshrubsuffrutex

nounparasitic on especially the heads of chickens

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sticktight fleaEchidnophaga gallinacea
Broader
flea
Also see
bur marigold

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From stick + tight.

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APA

sticktight. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sticktight

MLA

“sticktight.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sticktight. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sticktight,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sticktight.

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