• FoxyFerengi@lemm.ee
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    Stickers are a name for the seeds of a few grasses in the American South. Many of them have hooks on them, but a lot have sharp little barbs. Sandbur is a good example

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      Interesting. Sounds similar to

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      The bindii in Australia. Also called “pricklies”. A name for a variety of unrelated species of grass or grass-like plants that hook on to you.

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        That’s pretty dang similar! “Sticker” because they stick to you, and it’s describing the type of seed instead of the species