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Cleavers

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Noun

1. catchweed, cleavers, clivers, galium aparine, goose grass, spring cleavers

annual having the stem beset with curved prickles; North America and Europe and Asia

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Cleavers

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noun
(functioning as singular)
a Eurasian rubiaceous plant, Galium aparine, having small white flowers and prickly stems and fruits
. Also called: goosegrass, hairif, sticky willie

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Cleavers

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nounWord forms: plural ˈcleavers
any of various plants (genus Galium) of the madder family, esp. a weedy species (G. aparine), with stalkless leaves arranged in whorls, clusters of small, white or yellow flowers, and square stems

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Cleavers

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pl.n. (used with a sing. or pl. verb)
1. An annual, climbing bedstraw (Galium aparine) found throughout North America and Eurasia, having hooked bristles on the stems, leaves, and fruit that cling to fur or clothing.
2. Any of various other species in the genus Galium.

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