cleavers

== English == === Etymology 1 === ==== Noun ==== cleavers plural of cleaver === Etymology 2 === From Middle English clivers, probably from Old English clife (“burdock”). ==== Noun ==== cleavers (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. ===== Usage notes ===== Plural in form; used with singular or plural verb. ===== Synonyms ===== cleaverwort sticky willy ===== Translations ===== ==== References ==== “cleavers”, in Merriam-Webster.com 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.