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}]