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Definition of Knotgrass

1. Noun. Low-growing weedy grass with spikelets along the leaf stems.

Definition of Knotgrass

1. n. a common weed with jointed stems (Polygonum aviculare); knotweed.

Definition of Knotgrass

1. Noun. An annual plant, ''Polygonum aviculare'', found in fields and wasteland ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Knotgrass

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Medical Definition of Knotgrass

1. A common weed with jointed stems (Polygonum aviculare); knotweed. The dog grass. See Dog. 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." "We want a boy extremely for this function, Kept under for a year with milk and knotgrass." (Beau. & Fl) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Knotgrass

Literary usage of Knotgrass

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1886)
"(5) Milton (in Comus) seems to intend some pasture grass when he says: Had ta'en their supper on the savoury herb Of knotgrass dew-besprent. ..."

2. A Dictionary of English Plant-names by James Britten, Robert Holland (1886)
"Britten, p. 51), as 'a sort of knott grasse.' In Treas. Bot. the name is assigned (in error ?) to Triticum repent, L. knotgrass, Bird's. ..."

3. Our Fancy Pigeons: And Rambling Notes of a Naturalist. A Record of Fifty by George Ure (1886)
"While the ground is clear of snow in winter the " knotgrass" seeds afford ... This is not the farmer's knotgrass, for with botanists knotgrass is not grass ..."

4. Our Fancy Pigeons: And Rambling Notes of a Naturalist : a Record of Fifty by George Ure (1890)
"While the ground is clear of snow in winter the " knotgrass" seeds afford ... This is not the farmer's knotgrass, for with botanists knotgrass is not grass ..."

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