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n. - Any of several herbaceous plants having seeds that cling to clothing.

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  • Cassie whirled about, dropped the stickweed, and came running, laughing.
  • She saw her at last, far up the field, the hickory doll on one arm while with the other she fought something with a dried stickweed longer than she was tall.
  • Gertie heard her cries of “Sooey, Sooey,” saw the stickweed break the air, but for all her fierce fighting Cassie was losing ground before the enemy, running backward at...
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