A plant of the borage family which bears small barbed seeds.
鹤虱
Genera Hackelia and Lappula, family Boraginaceae: several species, in particular H. floribunda, which resembles a forget-me-not
Example sentencesExamples
Several nonnative noxious weeds have invaded stickseed habitat and threaten to out-compete the stickseed for the available nutrients.
The fruits of the showy stickseed are spurred and covered with stout hairs that cling to the hair and bodies of animal.
The primary reason for not designating critical habitat for showy stickseed is because the species has been repeatedly collected for many decades.
The Yukon also has 16 introduced species of borages, a group of agricultural weeds that includes stickseeds and forget-me-nots, and 14 introduced species of mustards.
All stickseeds are undesirable weeds that can become abundant in overgrazed areas.
Definition of stickseed in US English:
stickseed
nounˈstiksēdˈstɪksid
A plant of the borage family which bears small barbed seeds.
鹤虱
Genera Hackelia and Lappula, family Boraginaceae: several species, in particular H. floribunda, which resembles a forget-me-not
Example sentencesExamples
The primary reason for not designating critical habitat for showy stickseed is because the species has been repeatedly collected for many decades.
The Yukon also has 16 introduced species of borages, a group of agricultural weeds that includes stickseeds and forget-me-nots, and 14 introduced species of mustards.
All stickseeds are undesirable weeds that can become abundant in overgrazed areas.
Several nonnative noxious weeds have invaded stickseed habitat and threaten to out-compete the stickseed for the available nutrients.
The fruits of the showy stickseed are spurred and covered with stout hairs that cling to the hair and bodies of animal.