cleavers Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun annual having the stem beset with curved prickles; North America and Europe and Asia
    spring cleavers; clivers; catchweed; goose grass; Galium aparine.
  2. noun a butcher's knife having a large square blade
    cleaver; chopper; meat cleaver.

WordNet

Cleav"ers noun
Etymology
From Cleave to stick.
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) A species of Galium (G. Aparine), having a fruit set with hooked bristles, which adhere to whatever they come in contact with; -- called also, goose grass, catchweed, etc.

Webster 1913