Cleavers
name, noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 plural of cleaver form-of, plural
- 2 Galium aparine, a herbaceous annual bedstraw of the family Rubiaceae. uncountable
"Quinmerac is primarily used for the post-emergence control of cleavers, speedwells and other broad-leaved weeds in cereals, oilseed rape and sugar beet."
- 3 annual having the stem beset with curved prickles; North America and Europe and Asia wordnet
Proper Noun
- 1 plural of Cleaver form-of, plural
Example
More examples"Quinmerac is primarily used for the post-emergence control of cleavers, speedwells and other broad-leaved weeds in cereals, oilseed rape and sugar beet."
Etymology
From Middle English clivers, probably from Old English clife (“burdock”).