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Definition of Knapweeds
1. knapweed [n] - See also: knapweed
Lexicographical Neighbors of Knapweeds
Literary usage of Knapweeds
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse by Edward Step (1897)
"FAVOURITE FLOWERS GARDEN AND GREENHOUSE CORNFLOWERS AND knapweeds Natural Order
COMPOSITE. Genus Centaurea CENTAUREA (name classical ; the ancients believed ..."
2. An Analytical Dictionary of the English Language, in which the Words are by David Booth (1836)
"There are some foreign species of spinous-headed knapweeds, ... The knapweeds
are a very numerous tribe of plants; but, besides the two spinous annuals, ..."
3. The Sagacity & Morality of Plants: A Sketch of the Life & Conduct of the by John Ellor Taylor (1884)
"The knapweeds (Centaurea nigra, C. cyanus, etc. ... The outer florets of the
knapweeds are still tubular, exactly like their fertile brethren, except being ..."
4. The Gentleman's Magazine (1897)
"Through the later autumn, the few remaining stragglers were brought in—stout pink
and purple thistles, and knapweeds, slender harebells, yarrow, ..."
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