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Definition of Knotweeds
1. knotweed [n] - See also: knotweed
Lexicographical Neighbors of Knotweeds
Literary usage of Knotweeds
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)
"They are propagated by cuttings of half-ripened wood, in sandy soil, on a hot-bed.
knotweeds Natural Order POLYGONES. ..."
2. Minnesota Plant Life by Conway MacMillan (1899)
"The different species of dock, besides by their leaf characters, are to be
distinguished by the wings on the fruits. The smartweeds, knotweeds, or ..."
3. Reports of the Survey (1899)
"The forms with willow- shaped leaves are known under the general name of smartweeds;
those with the small leaves are called knotweeds, ..."
4. The Indiana Weed Book by Willis Stanley Blatchley (1912)
"Our wild species are known as docks, smartweeds, knotweeds and ... The leaves of
knotweeds are small and slender while those of smartweeds are larger and ..."
5. Bulletin of the New York Botanical Garden by New York Botanical Garden (1908)
"... are present in many forms, as are the knotweeds (Polygonum); the most showy
of these are the Japanese and Sakhalin ..."
6. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1901)
"A plum thicket in a ravine forms a dark-blue patch, with a background of dull
red knotweeds, or bunch grass, further back shading into the silvery gray of ..."
7. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1897)
"The plants considered range from lichens (Aleatoria fremontii and Evernia vulpina)
to grasses, lilies, knotweeds, ..."
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