cleavers
English
editEtymology 1
editNoun
editcleavers
Etymology 2
editFrom Middle English clivers, probably from Old English clife (“burdock”).
Noun
editcleavers (uncountable)
- 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.
- 1998, Terry R. Roberts, Metabolic Pathways of Agrochemicals (part 1, page 448)
Usage notes
edit- Plural in form; used with singular or plural verb.
Synonyms
editTranslations
editGalium aparine
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References
edit- “cleavers”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “cleavers”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.