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sachaline|ˈsækalɪn, -iːn|
Also sacaline.
[ad. the specific epithet of Polygonum sachalinense (F. Schmidt in C. J. Maximowicz Primitiæ Floræ Amurensis (1859) 233), f. Sakhalin, name of an island north of Japan.]
A large perennial knotweed, Polygonum sachalinense, of the family Polygonaceæ, native to Japan and bearing clusters of small greenish flowers and very large oval leaves which are sometimes used as fodder.
[1882Garden 22 Apr. 280/2 (heading) The Sachalian knotweed.] 1901L. H. Bailey Cycl. Amer. Hort. III. 1393/2 Sacaline... Exceedingly vigorous plants, spreading rapidly from the tips of strong underground shoots. 1905W. J. Spillman Farm Grasses U.S. xv. 234 The two most prominent fads of this kind in recent years were sachaline, a well-nigh worthless representative of the smartweed family, and penicillaria. 1943Fernald & Kinsey Edible Wild Plants iii. 176 The leafy summits of young stems of Sachaline..cooked as a potherb..are as good as or superior to French Sorrel. 1952L. & J. Bush-Brown America's Garden Bk. (ed. 2) xii. 535 Perennials blooming in September and October... Sacaline. 1975Daily Colonist (Victoria, B.C.) 9 Oct. 6/1 A fast-growing weed threatening new growth in forests [is] sachaline, a bamboo-like weed from eastern Europe. |