BEGGAR'S-LICE


Meaning of BEGGAR'S-LICE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈbe-gərz-ˌlīs ]

noun plural but singular or plural in construction

or beg·gar-lice -gər-ˌlīs

Date: 1837

: any of various plants (as of the genera Hackelia and Cynoglossum of the borage family) with prickly or adhesive fruits ; also : one of these fruits

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.