Synonyms for cleavers
ˈkli vərzcleavers

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1. cleavers, clivers, goose grass, catchweed, spring cleavers, Galium aparinenoun

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

   Synonyms:
   clivers, yardgrass, goose grass, wire grass, silverweed, spring cleavers, yard grass, goose-tansy, catchweed

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1. • Bedstraw

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1. cleaversnoun

   Synonyms:
   hariff, goose-grass, catch-weed, scratch-weed (galium aparine)

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1. cleavers

   Synonyms:
   Galium aparine, bedstraw, catchweed, clivers, goosegrass, gripgrass, hedgeburs, sticky-willie

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1. Bob Nicholls:

   We went through the kitchen and into this conference room. What we hadn't realized was there were around a 150 people there as there had been a conference, we barricaded the doors, the elevator on our floor so no one could get up. I had my guys stationed outside, we were feeling confident. The last thing these guys would expect was a bunch of mad South Africans with meat cleavers.