Hypertext Webster Gateway: "cleavers"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Cleavers \Cleav"ers\, n. [From {Cleave} to stick.] (Bot.)
A species of {Galium} ({G. Aparine}), having a fruit set with
hooked bristles, which adhere to whatever they come in
contact with; -- called also, {goose grass}, {catchweed},
etc.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)



{Goose grass}. (Bot.)
(a) A plant of the genus {Galium} ({G. Aparine}), a
favorite food of geese; -- called also {catchweed} and
{cleavers}.
(b) A species of knotgrass ({Polygonum aviculare}).
(c) The annual spear grass ({Poa annua}).

{Goose neck}, anything, as a rod of iron or a pipe, curved
like the neck of a goose; specially (Naut.), an iron hook
connecting a spar with a mast.

{Goose quill}, a large feather or quill of a goose; also, a
pen made from it.

{Goose skin}. See {Goose flesh}, above.

{Goose tongue} (Bot.), a composite plant ({Achillea
ptarmica}), growing wild in the British islands.

{Sea goose}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Phalarope}.

{Solan goose}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Gannet}.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

cleavers
n : annual having the stem beset with curved prickles; North
America and Europe and Asia [syn: {clivers}, {goose grass},
{catchweed}, {spring cleavers}, {Galium aparine}]


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