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Definition of Knawel
1. Noun. Widely distributed low-growing Eurasian herb having narrow leaves and inconspicuous green flowers.
Group relationships: Genus Scleranthus, Scleranthus
Generic synonyms: Weed
Definition of Knawel
1. n. A low, spreading weed (Scleranthus annuus), common in sandy soil.
Definition of Knawel
1. Noun. (botany) A low, spreading weed, ''Scleranthus annuus'', common in sandy soil. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Knawel
1. a Eurasian plant [n -S]
Medical Definition of Knawel
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Knawel
Literary usage of Knawel
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. English Botany; Or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with Their Essential ...by James Edward Smith, James Sowerby by James Edward Smith, James Sowerby (1796)
"knawel incanum flore majore, perenne. Rail Syn. 160. t. 5. f. 1. J. HIS is much
more rare than the preceding, having hitherto been observed only in Norfolk ..."
2. A Botanical Materia Medica: Consisting of the Generic and Specific by Jonathan Stokes (1812)
"knawel. Dale 77'. 2. SCLERANTHUS perennis. Segments of the calyx oblong, concave
at the end, ... 393* knawel incanum, flore majore, perenne. , Лай hist. ..."
3. The Farmer's Encyclopædia, and Dictionary of Rural Affairs: Embracing All by Cuthbert William Johnson (1844)
"The Swedes and Germans introduce occasionally the steam arising from a decoction
of the knawel into their mouths, with a view to cure the toothache. ..."
4. British Phaenogamous Botany, Or, Figures and Descriptions of the Genera of ...by W. (William) Baxter by W. (William) Baxter (1843)
"Upright knawel. SPEC. CHAR. Stems spreading. Root annual. ... knawel, Ray's Syn.
f. 159. LOCALITIES.—In dry sandy fields, and on gravelly banks; frequent. ..."
5. The flora of Harrow by James Cosmo Melvill (1876)
"(knawel.) I S. annuus. L. (Annual knawel.) Corn-fields. 7, 8. Pinner. Harrow Weald
Common. (Flor. Midd. ..."
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