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Definition of Knapweed
1. Noun. Any of various plants of the genus Centaurea having purple thistlelike flowers.
Generic synonyms: Centaury
Definition of Knapweed
1. n. The black centaury (Centaurea nigra); -- so called from the knoblike heads of flowers. Called also bullweed.
Definition of Knapweed
1. Noun. Any of various common weeds of the genus ''Centaurea'', especially ''Centaurea nigra''. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Knapweed
1. a meadow plant [n -S]
Medical Definition of Knapweed
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Knapweed
Literary usage of Knapweed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Gardeners Dictionary: Containing the Methods of Cultivating and ...by Philip Miller by Philip Miller (1754)
"P. knapweed with a broad jagged Leaf. 13. ... Rock knapweed of Candy, with a
Woad-leaf. 26. ... Candy knapweed, without a Stalk, and a Succory-leaf 28. ..."
2. The Home Book of Verse, American and English, 1580-1912 by Burton Egbert Stevenson (1912)
"Constance Fenimore Woolson [1840-1894] knapweed BY copse and hedgerow, waste and
wall, He thrusts his cushions red; O'er burdock rank, o'er thistles tall ..."
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