Usually means: Seed or object clinging tightly.
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  1. sticktight: Merriam-Webster
  2. sticktight: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. sticktight: Collins English Dictionary
  4. sticktight: Vocabulary.com
  5. sticktight: Wiktionary
  6. sticktight: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. sticktight: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. sticktight: Dictionary.com
  9. sticktight: Rhymezone
  10. sticktight: FreeDictionary.org
  11. sticktight: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. sticktight: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. sticktight: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (sticktight)

▸ noun:  Hackelia virginiana, a biennial plant native to Eastern North America, with sticky burrs.

Similar:
bur marigold, beggar-ticks, burr marigold, echidnophaga gallinacea, sticktight flea, stickseed, burseed, hardhack, stickyweed, cobbler's pegs, more...

Opposite:
loosetight, unattached, detached, unconnected

Types:
cocklebur, beggar-ticks, burweed, clivers, sticktights, more...

Phrases:
sticktight flea, more...

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Similar:
bur marigold, beggar-ticks, burr marigold, echidnophaga gallinacea, sticktight flea, stickseed, burseed, hardhack, stickyweed, cobbler's pegs, more...

Opposite:
loosetight, unattached, detached, unconnected

Types:
cocklebur, beggar-ticks, burweed, clivers, sticktights, more...

Phrases:
sticktight flea, more...



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