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Noun: cleavers  klee-vu(r)z
  1. Annual having the stem beset with curved prickles; found in North America, Europe, and Asia
    "Cleavers easily stick to clothing due to their tiny hooks";
    - clivers, goose grass, catchweed, spring cleavers, Galium aparine, sticky willy [informal]
Noun: cleaver  klee-vu(r)
  1. A butcher's knife having a large square blade
    "The chef used a cleaver to chop through the chicken bones";
    - meat cleaver, chopper

Derived forms: cleaverses

Type of: bedstraw, butcher knife

Encyclopedia: Cleavers

Cleaver, Leonard