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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 stick-tight n. Bot.
 1. any of several plants having seeds tipped with barbs that may cling to fur or clothing, especially those of the genus Bidens, also called bur marigold, beggar-ticks, and Beggar's ticks, which have prickly flattened achenes. --RHUD
 

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Beg·gar's ticks The bur marigold (Bidens) and its achenes, which are armed with barbed awns, and adhere to clothing and fleeces with unpleasant tenacity; -- also called beggar-ticks.