Goose grass Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun annual having the stem beset with curved prickles; North America and Europe and Asia
    cleavers; spring cleavers; clivers; catchweed; Galium aparine.
  2. noun low-growing perennial having leaves silvery beneath; northern United States; Europe; Asia
    goose-tansy; silverweed; Potentilla anserina.
  3. noun annual weedy grass used for hay
    Texas millet; Panicum Texanum.
  4. noun coarse annual grass having fingerlike spikes of flowers; native to Old World tropics; a naturalized weed elsewhere
    Eleusine indica; yard grass; wire grass; yardgrass.

WordNet

Definitions
  1. . (Bot.) (a) A plant of the genus Galium (G. Aparine), a favorite food of geese; called also catchweed and cleavers. (b) A species of knotgrass (Polygonum aviculare). (c) The annual spear grass (Poa annua).

Webster 1913