clivers

Questions about clivers

What does clivers mean?

clivers means "annual having the stem beset with curved prickles; North America and Europe and Asia".

How many syllables are in clivers?

clivers has 2 syllables and divides as cli-vers under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for clivers?

Close synonyms include cleavers, goose grass, catchweed, spring cleavers, Galium aparine. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is clivers a common word?

clivers is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.