stickyweed

English

Some stickyweed (Galium aparine)

Etymology

From sticky +‎ weed.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstɪkiˌwiːd/

Noun

stickyweed (uncountable)

1. (British) A creeping plant of species Galium aparine, covered in small hooked hairs, known for clinging to clothing.

   Synonyms: cleavers, goosegrass, sticky willy

2. Spreading pellitory (Parietaria judaica).
3. West Indian chickweed (Drymaria cordata).

References

• stickyweed on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “stickyweed”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.