Beggar's-lice
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Any of various plants, including Galium aparine and (US) Hackelia virginiana, which stick to clothing. plural, plural-only
"I had gotten beggar lice and twigs and stuff all over me, inside my clothes and shoes and all, and then I happened to look around and I had my hand right on a bunch of poison oak.."
Example
More examples"I had gotten beggar lice and twigs and stuff all over me, inside my clothes and shoes and all, and then I happened to look around and I had my hand right on a bunch of poison oak.."
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