transcription, транскрипция: [ pə-ˈli-gə-nəm ]
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