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knotgrass
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun knotgrass has 1 sense
- knotgrass(n = noun.plant) paspalum distichum - low-growing weedy grass with spikelets along the leaf stems; Array is a kind of grass
is a member of genus paspalum
CIDE DICTIONARY
knotgrass, n.
a common weed with jointed stems (Polygonum aviculare) ; knotweed. [1913 Webster]
" An infusion of Polygonum aviculare was once supposed to have the effect of stopping the growth of an animal, and hence it was called, as by Shakespeare, “hindering knotgrass.”"
[1913 Webster]
"We want a boy extremely for this function,
Kept under for a year with milk and knotgrass." [1913 Webster]
Kept under for a year with milk and knotgrass." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
knotgrass, n.
1 a common weed, Polygonum aviculare, with creeping stems and small pink flowers.
2 = POLYGONUM. Also called KNOTWEED.
1 a common weed, Polygonum aviculare, with creeping stems and small pink flowers.
2 = POLYGONUM. Also called KNOTWEED.
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