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Goose grass

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cleav⋅ers

[klee-verz]
–noun, plural -ers.
1. a North American plant, Galium aparine, of the madder family, having short, hooked bristles on the stems and leaves and bearing very small white flowers.
2. any of certain related species.
Also, clivers.
Also called catchweed, goose grass.


Origin:
bef. 1000; ME clivre, OE clife burdock (-re prob. by assoc. with ME clivres (pl.) claws, or with the agent n. from cleven to cleave 1 , whence the modern sp.)
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goose grass  
n.  
  1. See silverweed.

  2. See yard grass.

sil·ver·weed   (sĭl'vər-wēd')   
n.  A low-growing, stoloniferous plant (Potentilla anserina) having yellow flowers and rosettes of pinnate leaves that are silvery beneath. Also called goose grass.
yard grass  
n.  Any of several weedy African grasses of the genus Eleusine, having usually digitately grouped spikes and flattened spikelets. Also called goose grass.
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