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goose grass

noun

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

• Syn: ↑cleavers, ↑clivers, ↑catchweed, ↑spring cleavers, ↑Galium aparine

• Hypernyms: ↑bedstraw

2. 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

• Hypernyms: ↑millet

• Member Holonyms: ↑Eleusine, ↑genus Eleusine

3. low-growing perennial having leaves silvery beneath; northern United States; Europe; Asia

• Syn: ↑silverweed, ↑goose-tansy, ↑Potentilla anserina

• Hypernyms: ↑cinquefoil, ↑five-finger

4. annual weedy grass used for hay

• Syn: ↑Texas millet, ↑Panicum Texanum

• Hypernyms: ↑panic grass

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noun

1.

a. : cleavers

b. : knotgrass 1

c. : silverweed a(1)

d. : arrow grass 1

2.

a. : yard grass

b. : texas millet

c. : soft cheat

d. : horsetail 2

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cleavers.

[1350-1400; ME]

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goose grass,

= cleavers. (Cf. ↑cleavers)

Useful english dictionary. 2012.