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Cleavers

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cliversnounGalium aparine, the plant cleavers.
catchweednounA plant, cleavers (Galium aparine)
spring cleaversnounannual having the stem beset with curved prickles; north america and europe and asia
galium aparineGalium aparine, with common names including cleavers, clivers, catchweed, robin-run-the-hedge, goosegrass, and sticky willy, is an annual, herbaceous plant of the family Rubiaceae.
goose grassnounAlternative form of goosegrass [Any of various grasses, sometimes used as food for geese, principally in genus Eleusine.]

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cliversnounGalium aparine, the plant cleavers.
catchweednounA plant, cleavers (Galium aparine)
galium aparineGalium aparine, with common names including cleavers, clivers, catchweed, robin-run-the-hedge, goosegrass, and sticky willy, is an annual, herbaceous plant of the family Rubiaceae.
goose grassnounAlternative form of goosegrass [Any of various grasses, sometimes used as food for geese, principally in genus Eleusine.]
spring cleaversnounannual having the stem beset with curved prickles; north america and europe and asia
flakenounA loose filmy mass or a thin chiplike layer of anything
scratchweednouncleavers (Galium aparine).
cleaverwortnounSynonym of cleavers (“the bedstraw”).
barweednounSynonym of cleavers.
galiumnoun(botany) Any of the genus Galium of annual and perennial herbaceous plants, including the bedstraws.
bedstrawnounany plant of herb genus Galium of the madder family with small pointed leaves and hairy stems with small, white or yellow flowers
goosetonguenounAny of several plant species including:
sticky willynounSynonym of cleavers (Galium aparine)
scratweednounSynonym of cleavers.
woodruffnounGalium odoratum, an aromatic herb.
crosswortnounCrucianella stylosa, an ornamental plant.
fleaweednounA plant, the lady's bedstraw (Galium verum).
coachweednounSynonym of cleavers.
fleawortnounAny of various not closely related plants that are supposed to kill or ward off fleas.
scabwortnounThe plant elecampane.

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