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SPRING CLEAVERS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does spring cleavers mean? 

SPRING CLEAVERS (noun)
  The noun SPRING CLEAVERS has 1 sense:

1. annual having the stem beset with curved prickles; North America and Europe and Asiaplay

  Familiarity information: SPRING CLEAVERS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SPRING CLEAVERS (noun)


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 ("spring cleavers" is a kind of...):

bedstraw (any of several plants of the genus Galium)


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