1. Annual having the stem beset with curved prickles; found in North America, Europe, and Asia
   "Goose grass clings to clothing with its tiny hooks";
   - cleavers, clivers, catchweed, spring cleavers, Galium aparine, sticky willy [informal]
    
2. Low-growing perennial having leaves silvery beneath; found in northern United States, Europe, and Asia
   "Goose grass spread across the untended lawn";
   - silverweed, goose-tansy, Potentilla anserina
    
3. Annual weedy grass used for hay
   "Goose grass often appears in poorly maintained pastures";
   - Texas millet, Panicum Texanum
    
4. Coarse annual grass having fingerlike spikes of flowers; native to Old World tropics; a naturalized weed elsewhere
   "goose grass quickly colonized the disturbed soil";
   - yardgrass, yard grass, wire grass, Eleusine indica

Derived forms: goose grasses

Type of: bedstraw, cinquefoil, five-finger, millet, panic grass

Part of: Eleusine, genus Eleusine

Encyclopedia: Goose grass