Cleavers

name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    plural of cleaver form-of, plural
  2. 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. 3
    annual having the stem beset with curved prickles; North America and Europe and Asia wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    plural of Cleaver form-of, plural

Synonyms

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barweedbramblebriarbrierbristleburr

Example

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"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”).

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