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| tick tre·foil |
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tropical plant with jointed pods: a plant with trifoliate leaves and jointed seed pods that break into segments and cling to fur or clothing. Use: forage. Native to: tropics, subtropics. Genus Desmodium.
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| [Because the joints of the pods stick to things as ticks cling to the fur of animals] |
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