cleavers

Noun

• annual having the stem beset with curved prickles; North America and Europe and Asia
• a butcher's knife having a large square blade
• plural of cleaver
• Galium aparine, a herbaceous annual bedstraw of the family Rubiaceae.

Synonyms

catchweed, chopper, cleaver, clivers, Galium aparine, goose grass, meat cleaver, spring cleavers, cleaverwort, sticky willy