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cleavers en · NOUN · etymology 1

Meanings

1. (form-of, plural) plural of cleaver
   form of cleaver

cleavers en · NOUN · etymology 2

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (plural, singular) Galium aparine, a herbaceous annual bedstraw of the family Rubiaceae.
   • 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)

Synonyms

sticky willy · loveman · cleaverwort

Translations (10)

fr gaillet gratteron (Galium aparine) · pl przytulia czepna (Galium aparine) · es amor de hortelano (Galium aparine) · tr yoğurt otu (Galium aparine) · cy llau'r offeiriad (Galium aparine) · ca apegalosa (Galium aparine) · de Kletten-Labkraut (Galium aparine) · ga garbhlus (Galium aparine) · grc ἀμπελόκαρπον (Galium aparine) · grc ἀπαρίνη (Galium aparine)