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Spanish needles

noun

  1. (used with a singular or plural verb) a composite plant, Bidens bipinnata, having achenes with downwardly barbed awns.
  2. (used with a plural verb) the achenes themselves.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Spanish needles1

An Americanism dating back to 1735–45; in allusion to its tropical American origin

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