Cleavers \Cleav"ers\, n. [From Cleave to stick.]

(Bot.) A species of Galium (G. Aparine), having a fruit set with hooked bristles, which adhere to whatever they come in contact with; -- called also, goose grass, catchweed, etc.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Goose grass. (Bot.)
   (a) A plant of the genus Galium (G. Aparine), a favorite food of geese; -- called also catchweed and cleavers.
   (b) A species of knotgrass (Polygonum aviculare).
   (c) The annual spear grass (Poa annua).

Goose neck, anything, as a rod of iron or a pipe, curved like the neck of a goose; specially (Naut.), an iron hook connecting a spar with a mast.

Goose quill, a large feather or quill of a goose; also, a pen made from it.

Goose skin. See Goose flesh, above.

Goose tongue (Bot.), a composite plant (Achillea ptarmica), growing wild in the British islands.

Sea goose. (Zo["o]l.) See Phalarope.

Solan goose. (Zo["o]l.) See Gannet.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)