desmodium

noun

des·​mo·​di·​um

dezˈmōdēəm

1

capitalized : a large genus of coarse chiefly tropical and perennial leguminous herbs comprising the tick trefoils and having stipulate pinnate leaves, racemose flowers, and indehiscent fruits that separate into one-seeded segments and often stick to anything touching them see beggarweed, telegraph plant

2

plural -s : a plant of the genus Desmodium

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, probably irregular from Greek desmos band, bond + New Latin -ium

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