1. a climbing plant with small hooked bristles that stick to clothing and fur
Usage: botany

Examples

• The children’s clothes were covered in cleavers after walking through the field.
• Cleavers can be found growing along hedgerows and in waste areas.
• The sticky seeds of cleavers attach easily to passing animals.
• Gardeners often consider cleavers a troublesome weed.
• Young cleavers leaves are edible when cooked.
• The plant cleavers spreads rapidly in disturbed soil.