catchweed

English

Etymology

From catch +‎ weed?

Noun

catchweed (usually uncountable, plural catchweeds)

1. A plant, cleavers (Galium aparine)

   Synonyms: catchweed bedstraw, cleavers, clivers, robin-run-the-hedge, goosegrass, sticky willy

References

• “catchweed”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.