name
Meaning 1
plural of Cleaver
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, plural
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
cleavers
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noun
Meaning 2
plural of cleaver
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, plural
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noun
Meaning 3
Galium aparine, a herbaceous annual bedstraw of the family Rubiaceae.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
Meaning 4
annual having the stem beset with curved prickles; North America and Europe and Asia
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: clivers, goose grass, catchweed, spring cleavers, Galium aparine
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: bedstraw
History
Etymology
From Middle English clivers, probably from Old English clife (“burdock”).
Across languages
Translations
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: apegalosa — Galium aparine
- French: gaillet gratteron — Galium aparine
- German: Kletten-Labkraut — Galium aparine
- Ancient Greek: ἀπαρίνη (aparínē) — Galium aparine
- Ancient Greek: ἀμπελόκαρπον (ampelókarpon) — Galium aparine
- Irish: garbhlus — Galium aparine
- Polish: przytulia czepna — Galium aparine
- Turkish: yoğurt otu — Galium aparine
- Welsh: llau'r offeiriad — Galium aparine
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