1. any of various plants with seeds, fruits, or parts that stick to clothing or fur

Examples

• After hiking through the field, my socks were covered with stickweed seeds.
• The dog came home with stickweed burrs matted in its fur.
• Stickweed is considered a nuisance plant by many gardeners.
• We had to carefully remove the stickweed from our camping gear.
• The trail was overgrown with stickweed and other weedy plants.
• Children often get stickweed stuck to their clothes when playing outdoors.