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 : WordNet®
goose grass
n 1: annual having the stem beset with curved prickles; North
America and Europe and Asia [syn: {cleavers}, {clivers},
{catchweed}, {spring cleavers}, {Galium aparine}]
2: low-growing perennial having leaves silvery beneath;
northern United States; Europe; Asia [syn: {silverweed}, {goose-tansy},
{Potentilla anserina}]
3: annual weedy grass used for hay [syn: {Texas millet}, {Panicum
Texanum}]
4: coarse annual grass having fingerlike spikes of flowers;
native to Old World tropics; a naturalized weed elsewhere
[syn: {yardgrass}, {yard grass}, {wire grass}, {Eleusine
indica}]