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: cli-vers. The stress falls on "cli".

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.