tick-trefoil

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. One of several species in the genus Desmodium in the legume family

词形变化

tick-trefoils plural

词源

From tick + trefoil (“three-leaved”). 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.
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