cleavers
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cleavers¹
noun
- plural of cleaver
cleavers²
Where it comes from
From Middle English clivers, probably from Old English clife (“burdock”).
noun
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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.
Similar: cleaverwort, loveman, sticky willy
Cleavers³
proper noun
- plural of Cleaver
Translations
Every language
noun Galium aparine
| Español | amor de hortelano |
|---|---|
| Français | gaillet gratteron |
| Deutsch | Kletten-Labkraut |
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title = {cleavers},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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