knotgrass

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noun

An annual plant, Polygonum aviculare, found in fields and wasteland

Similar
centinodewater couchPaspalum distichum
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Meanings

nounknotgrass (countable and uncountable, plural knotgrasses)

plural knotgrasses

  1. countableuncountableAn annual plant, Polygonum aviculare, found in fields and wasteland

    Synonyms: centinode

  2. countableuncountablePaspalum distichum, a weedy perennial grass of wet areas

    Synonyms: water couch

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAn annual plant, Polygonum aviculare, found in fields and wasteland

Similar
centinode

nounPaspalum distichum, a weedy perennial grass of wet areas

Similar
water couch

More synonyms by meaning

nounlow-growing weedy grass with spikelets along the leaf stems

Similar
Paspalum distichum
Broader
grass
Also see
water couch

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From knot + grass.

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Translations

Bulgarian пача трева
  • пача трева (pača treva)annual plant
Catalan passacamins
  • passacaminsannual plant
Czech truskavec
  • truskavecannual plant
Esperanto poligono
  • poligonoannual plant
Finnish pihatatar
  • pihatatarannual plant
German Vogelknöterich
  • Vogelknöterichannual plant
Irish glúineach bheag
  • glúineach bheagannual plant
Italian centinodia
  • centinodiaannual plant
Korean 마디풀
  • 마디풀 (madipul)annual plant
Romanian troscot
  • troscotannual plant
Spanish polígono, palero
  • polígonoannual plant
  • paleroannual plant
  • correquetepilloannual plant
Turkish çobandeğneği
  • çobandeğneğiannual plant
Cite this entry
APA

knotgrass. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/knotgrass

MLA

“knotgrass.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/knotgrass. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “knotgrass,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/knotgrass.

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