Definition of Polygonum

1. Noun. Diverse genus of herbs or woody subshrubs of north temperate regions.


Definition of Polygonum

1. n. A genus of plants embracing a large number of species, including bistort, knotweed, smartweed, etc.

Definition of Polygonum

1. Noun. (botany) Any of many plants, of the family Polygonaceae, embracing a large number of species, including bistort, knotweed, smartweed, etc. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Polygonum

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Medical Definition of Polygonum

1. A genus of plants embracing a large number of species, including bistort, knotweed, smartweed, etc. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. A kind of plant; many + the knee, a joint of a plant. So called in allusion to the numerous joints. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Polygonum

polygonically
polygonies
polygonization
polygonizations
polygonize
polygonized
polygonizes
polygonizing
polygonness
polygonometry
polygonoscope
polygonoscopes
polygonous
polygons
polygons of forces
polygonum (current term)
polygonums
polygony
polygordius
polygram
polygrams
polygranular
polygraph
polygraphed
polygrapher
polygraphers
polygraphic
polygraphical
polygraphically
polygraphing

Literary usage of Polygonum

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

1. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club by Torrey Botanical Club (1894)
"polygonum hydropiperoides strigosum Small, Bull. Torr. Club, 19: 355 (1892). 1489. polygonum incarnatum Ell. Bot. SC and Ga. i: 456(1817). polygonum ..."

2. List of Pteridophyta and Spermatophyta Growing Without Cultivation in by Botanical Club (1894)
"polygonum erectum L. Sp. Pl. 363 (1753). polygonum aviculare var. erectum Roth, Tent. Fl. Germ. ... polygonum hydropiperoides strigosum Small, Bull. Torr. ..."

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