The Collaborative International Dictionary
Cleavers \Cleav"ers\, n. [From Cleave to stick.] (Bot.) A species of Galium ( Galium Aparine), having a fruit set with hooked bristles, which adhere to whatever they come in contact with; -- called also, goose grass, catchweed, etc. [1913 Webster] ||
WordNet
n. annual having the stem beset with curved prickles; North America and Europe and Asia [syn: cleavers, clivers, catchweed, spring cleavers, Galium aparine]
low-growing perennial having leaves silvery beneath; northern United States; Europe; Asia [syn: silverweed, goose-tansy, Potentilla anserina]
annual weedy grass used for hay [syn: Texas millet, Panicum Texanum]
coarse annual grass having fingerlike spikes of flowers; native to Old World tropics; a naturalized weed elsewhere [syn: yardgrass, yard grass, wire grass, Eleusine indica]
Usage examples of "goose grass".
Then he covered himself all over with trailing strands of goose grass and big burdocks and he even found ways to alter his smell.
Beyond him, some distance down the path, Hazel was combing the goose grass out of his coat and evidently listening to Fiver as they sat together under a rhododendron.