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beggar's-lice

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

Any of various plants, including Galium aparine and (US) Hackelia virginiana, which stick to clothing.

plural, plural-only

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..”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

beggardom Beggared beggarer beggaress beggarhood Beggaring

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