cleavers

English

Noun

cleavers

  1. plural of cleaver

Etymology 2

Cleavers

From Middle English clivers, probably from Old English clife (burdock).

Noun

cleavers (uncountable)

  1. Galium aparine, a herbaceous annual bedstraw of the family Rubiaceae.
    • 1998, Terry R. Roberts, Metabolic Pathways of Agrochemicals (part 1, page 448)
      Quinmerac is primarily used for the post-emergence control of cleavers, speedwells and other broad-leaved weeds in cereals, oilseed rape and sugar beet.
Usage notes
  • Plural in form; used with singular or plural verb.
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