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Definition of Polygonum aviculare
Polygonum aviculare Knotgrass Knot"grass`, n. (Bot.)
(a) a common weed with jointed stems (Polygonum aviculare);
knotweed.
(b) The dog grass. See under Dog.
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.'
We want a boy extremely for this function, Kept
under for a year with milk and knotgrass. --Beau.
& Fl.
Polygonum aviculare Knotgrass Knot"grass`, n. (Bot.)
(a) a common weed with jointed stems (Polygonum aviculare);
knotweed.
(b) The dog grass. See under Dog.
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.'
We want a boy extremely for this function, Kept
under for a year with milk and knotgrass. --Beau.
& Fl.
Polygonum aviculare Centinody Cen*tin"o*dy, n. [L. centum a hundred + nodus knot:
cf. F. centinode.] (Bot.)
A weed with a stem of many joints (Illecebrum
verticillatum); also, the Polygonum aviculare or
knotgrass.
