Knotgrass

2 definitions found

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

  Knotgrass \Knot"grass`\, n. (Bot.)
     (a) a common weed with jointed stems {(Polygonum aviculare)};
         knotweed.
     (b) The dog grass. See under {Dog}.
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     Note: 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."
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                 We want a boy extremely for this function,
                 Kept under for a year with milk and knotgrass.
                                                    --Beau. & Fl.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  knotgrass
       n : low-growing weedy grass with spikelets along the leaf stems
           [syn: {Paspalum distichum}]