knotgrass

noun
knot·​grass | \ ˈnät-ˌgras How to pronounce knotgrass (audio) \

Definition of knotgrass

1 : a cosmopolitan prostrate weed (Polygonum aviculare) of the buckwheat family with jointed stems, prominent sheathing stipules, and minute flowers broadly : any of several congeneric plants
2 : any of several grasses (such as Paspalum distichum) with markedly jointed stems

Examples of knotgrass in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

This Series should play on a field of gout-wort, grommel and knotgrass. John Hyduk, New York Times, "Cleveland Indians Fans Hope That Ghosts of Past Are Put to Rest," 24 Oct. 2016

First Known Use of knotgrass

1538, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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