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3 definitions found 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 1.6 [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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