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noun
An annual plant, Polygonum aviculare, found in fields and wasteland
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: centinode
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Paspalum distichum, a weedy perennial grass of wet areas
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: water couch
Antonyms: none provided
noun
low-growing weedy grass with spikelets along the leaf stems
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Paspalum distichum
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: grass
History
From knot + grass.
Across languages
25 source translations are retained for this English entry.
