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CLEAVERS

Dictionary entry overview: What does cleavers mean?

• CLEAVERS (noun)
The noun CLEAVERS has 1 sense:

1. annual having the stem beset with curved prickles; North America and Europe and Asia

Familiarity information: CLEAVERS used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• CLEAVERS (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Annual having the stem beset with curved prickles; North America and Europe and Asia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

catchweed; cleavers; clivers; Galium aparine; goose grass; spring cleavers

Hypernyms ("cleavers" is a kind of...):

bedstraw (any of several plants of the genus Galium)

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