Knotgrass

Knot′grassˊ

,

Noun.

(Bot.)

(a)

a common weed with jointed stems

(Polygonum aviculare)

; knotweed.

(b)

The dog grass. See under

.

☞ 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.

,

Noun.

not'grass. The name of several species of plants, so denominated from the joints of the stem. The common knotgrass is the Polygonum aviculare.

knotgrass ‎(plural knotgrasses)

annual plant

Norman: hèrbe couothante f (Jersey), hèrbe traînante f (Jersey), s'nîle à pité f (Jersey), s'nîle dé route f (Jersey), s'nîle grappue f (Jersey), s'nîle traînante f (Jersey)
Romanian: troscot (ro) m
Spanish: polígono (es) m, palero m, correquetepillo m