Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The knot-grass, Polygonum aviculare.
  • noun plural A name given by Lindley to the plant family Illecebraceæ. See knot-grass, 3 .

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Bot.) A small, herbaceous, trailing plant, of the genus Illecebrum (Illecebrum verticillatum).

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun botany A small, herbaceous, trailing plant of the genus Illecebrum.

Etymologies

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knot +‎ wort

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