Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of numerous plants of the genus Polygonum and several closely related genera of the family Polygonaceae, characterized by stems with knotlike joints and sheathing stipules.
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- noun botany Any of many
plants , of the familyPolygonaceae , embracing a large number of species, includingbistort ,knotweed ,smartweed , etc.
Etymologies
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Examples
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In the highlands a kind of polygonum is used for this purpose.
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Resveratrol comes from grapes (hence the benefit of red wine), peanuts, berries, and a Chinese herb called hu zhang (polygonum cuspidate, also known as giant knotweed, which is a common ingredient in many Chinese herbal formulas).
The UltraMind Solution M.D. Mark Hyman 2009
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Renamed silver lace vine, fallopia baldschuanica, formerly polygonum aubertii.
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It is covered with long grass and polygonum; also a few eucalypti scattered over it.
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It grows upon a low creeping tap – rooted plant, of a salsolaceous character, found in the alluvial flats of the Murray, among the polygonum brushes, and in many other places.
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They go up on the high grounds, back among scrubs, or encamp in the hollows of watercourses, or where there are dense bushes of polygonum, or close belts of reeds; the fires are very small on these occasions, and sometimes none are made; you may thus have a large body of natives encamped very near you without being conscious of it.
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It is about four inches long and half an inch in thickness, and is obtained by attaching a thin narrow hook of hard wood to the long, wiry shoots of the polygonum, and then pushing this gently down the hole through which the grub has burrowed into the earth until it is hooked.
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There were only four different kinds of plants at this terminating point of our journey, viz. the small eucalyptus, the long-leaved acacia, the large tea grass, and a new diaeceous plant which covered the marshes, named polygonum junceum.
Journals of Two Expeditions into the Interior of New South Wales 2003
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The country this day was as various as can be imagined; low but not level; in some places covered with the acacia pendula, chenopodeae, and polygonum juncium; in others, with good gum and box trees.
Journals of Two Expeditions into the Interior of New South Wales 2003
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These, when laid at the proper distance apart to carry both wheels, were bedded on the soft earth, and the interval between was filled to a level with them, by layers of polygonum and long grass, alternate with earth, forming together a mass of sufficient resistance to support the feet of the draught oxen.
Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia 2003
madmouth commented on the word polygonum
excellent for hiding secret, murd'rous grave sites.
June 18, 2009