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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: WordNet (r) 2.0

 sticktight
      n 1: any of several plants of the genus Bidens having yellow
           flowers and prickly fruits that cling to fur and
           clothing [syn: bur marigold, burr marigold, beggar-ticks,
            beggar's-ticks]
      2: parasitic on especially the heads of chickens [syn: sticktight
         flea, Echidnophaga gallinacea]