SPANISH NEEDLES


Meaning of SPANISH NEEDLES in English

1. a composite plant, Bidens bipinnata, having achenes with downwardly barbed awns.

2. the achenes themselves.

[ 1735-45, Amer.; in allusion to its tropical American origin ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .