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knawel|ˈnɔːɪl|
[a. Ger. knauel, kneuel knot-grass; cf. Ger. knauel, knäuel clew, ball of yarn: see Grimm.]
A book-name of the knot-grass, Scleranthus, a weed frequent in sandy soil.
1578Lyte Dodoens i. lxvii. 97 Amongst the kindes of Knot grasse, we may well recken that herbe, whiche doth so wrap and enterlace it self, and is so ful of ioynts, that the base Almaignes cal it Knawel, that is to say, Knot weede. 1640Parkinson Theat. Bot. 446 The Germanes Knawell sendeth forth from a small slender threddy roote, divers small branches. 1760J. Lee Introd. Bot. App. 316 Knawel, Scleranthus. 1816–43Kirby & Sp. Entomol. I. 270 The scarlet grain of Poland..is found on the roots of the perennial knawel. |