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goose grass

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}]
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