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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.)
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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| bed·straw (běd'strô') n. Any of several weedy or ornamental plants of the genus Galium, having whorled leaves, clusters of small white or yellow flowers, and prickly stems. Also called cleavers. [Short for Our Lady's Bedstraw, name for a plant of the genus Galium, whose foliage was used to stuff mattresses in medieval times.] |
| cleav·er (klē'vər) n.
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| cleav·ers (klē'vərz) pl.n. (used with a sing. or pl. verb) See bedstraw. [Middle English clivers, probably blend of clife, burdock (from Old English clīfe) and clivres, claws (from Old English clifras, pl. of clifer).] |
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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.
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| cleaver (klē'vər) Pronunciation Key
A bifacial stone tool flaked to produce a straight, sharp, relatively wide edge at one end. Cleavers are early core tools associated primarily with the Acheulian tool culture. |
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