pl.n. (used with a sing. or pl. verb)

See bedstraw.

[Middle English clivers, probably blend of clife, burdock (from Old English clīfe) and clivres, claws (from Old English clifras, pl. of clifer).]

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: annual having the stem beset with curved prickles; North America and Europe and Asia
  Synonyms: clivers, goose grass, catchweed, spring cleavers, Galium aparine

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Dansk (Danish)
n. pl., -
n. - burresnerre, præstelus

Nederlands (Dutch)
kleefkruid

Français (French)
n. pl. - fendoir, couperet

Deutsch (German)
n. pl. - Klebkraut

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (φυτολ.) κολλιτσίδα, αγριόχορτο

Italiano (Italian)
attaccamani, attaccavesti

Português (Portuguese)
n. - aparina (f) (Bot.)

Русский (Russian)
липушник

Español (Spanish)
n. pl. - bardana, (Bot.) presea, amor de hortelano

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - snärjmåra (bot.)

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
茜草科植物

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. pl. - 茜草科植物

한국어 (Korean)
n. pl. - 갈퀴 덩굴류의 식물

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ヤエムグラ

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) نوع من النبات يلتصق بفروة الحيوانات‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. pl. - ‮דבקה (עשב)‬

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