cleavers noun (treated as sing. or pl.). ['kli:vǝz] Also clivers
['klɪv-].
[Old English clīfe = Old Saxon klīƀa, Old High German klība, from base of CLEAVE verb2.]A climbing weed,
Galium aparine, which adheres by minute hooked prickles to clothes, fur, etc. Also called
goose-grass.
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