goosegrass

[Eng. goose, and gra ; from the common idea that it is a favorite food or medicine for geese.] Bot.: Galium aparine, a common plant. Its leaves, six or eight in a whorl, are hispid, their margins, midrib, and the angles of the stem very rough, with reflexed prickles, which, if dragged along the tongue, will bring blood. The flowers are white. Called also Cleavers or Clivers. "Goosegra , or wild tansy, is a weed that strong clays are very subject to." - Mortimer: Husbandry.