Found 1 hit - Term: tick bean, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
tick \tick\, n. oe. tike, teke; akin to d. teek, g. zecke. cf.
tike a tick. zool.
a any one of numerous species of large parasitic mites
which attach themselves to, and suck the blood of,
cattle, dogs, and many other animals. when filled with
blood they become ovate, much swollen, and usually
livid red in color. some of the species often attach
themselves to the human body. the young are active and
have at first but six legs.
b any one of several species of dipterous insects having
a flattened and usually wingless body, as the bird
ticks see under bird and sheep tick see under
sheep.
1913 webster
tick bean, a small bean used for feeding horses and other
animals.
tick trefoil bot., a name given to many plants of the
leguminous genus desmodium, which have trifoliate
leaves, and joined pods roughened with minute hooked hairs
by which the joints adhere to clothing and to the fleece
of sheep.
1913 webster
see also:
tike bird sheep tick bean tick trefoil desmodium
Results 1 - 5 of 5 found about tick bean: Bean
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Bean, definition of term: Bean
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Bean Tree, definition of term: Bean Tree
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Carob Bean, definition of term: Carob Bean
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Bush Bean, definition of term: Bush Bean
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Butter Bean, definition of term: Butter Bean
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