Centinody

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
     [1913 Webster]