POLYGONUM


Meaning of POLYGONUM in English

n.

Pronunciation: p ə - ' li-g ə -n ə m

Function: noun

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek polygonon knotgrass, from poly- + gony knee ― more at KNEE

Date: circa 1706

: any of a genus ( Polygonum ) of herbs of the buckwheat family with a prominent tubular sheath around the base of each petiole, thickened nodes, and flowers that are solitary and axillary or in spiked racemes ― called also knotweed

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