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knotgrass
(encz) | knotgrass, n: |
Knotgrass
(gcide) | Knotgrass \Knot"grass`\, n. (Bot.)
(a) a common weed with jointed stems (Polygonum aviculare);
knotweed.
(b) The dog grass. See under Dog.
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Note: 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."
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We want a boy extremely for this function,
Kept under for a year with milk and knotgrass.
--Beau. & Fl.
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knotgrass
(wn) | knotgrass
n 1: low-growing weedy grass with spikelets along the leaf stems
[syn: knotgrass, Paspalum distichum] |
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Knotgrass
(gcide) | Knotgrass \Knot"grass`\, n. (Bot.)
(a) a common weed with jointed stems (Polygonum aviculare);
knotweed.
(b) The dog grass. See under Dog.
[1913 Webster]
Note: 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."
[1913 Webster]
We want a boy extremely for this function,
Kept under for a year with milk and knotgrass.
--Beau. & Fl.
[1913 Webster] |
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