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.
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 cleave1, whence the modern sp.)
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.
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.
[klee-verz] 
