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CLIVERS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does clivers mean?
• CLIVERS (noun)
The noun CLIVERS has 1 sense:
1. annual having the stem beset with curved prickles; North America and Europe and Asia
Familiarity information: CLIVERS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Annual having the stem beset with curved prickles; North America and Europe and Asia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
catchweed; cleavers; clivers; Galium aparine; goose grass; spring cleavers
Hypernyms ("clivers" is a kind of...):
bedstraw (any of several plants of the genus Galium)
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