Cleavers

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • noun-plural. See bedstraw.
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  • n. Plural form of cleaver.
  • n. Galium aparine, a herbaceous annual plant of the family Rubiaceae.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A species of Galium (Galium Aparine), having a fruit set with hooked bristles, which adhere to whatever they come in contact with; -- called also, goose grass, catchweed, etc.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A plant, Galium Aparine, also called goose-grass, used to some extent in medicine as a diuretic and sudorific.
  • n. Tufts of grass.
  • n. [In form clivers.] The refuse of wheat.
  • n. Any plant of the genus Galium, such as bedstraw, goose-grass, etc., the numerous species being distinguished by appropriate qualifying names.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. annual having the stem beset with curved prickles; North America and Europe and Asia
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    bedstraw   
    Variant
    goose-grass    catchweed   
     
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