knot-grassn.

Brit.

/ˈnɒtɡrɑːs/,

/ˈnɒtɡras/, U.S.

/ˈnɑtˌɡræs/

Etymology: < knot n.¹ + grass n.¹: from the knotted stem.

1. The plant Polygonum aviculare, a common weed in waste ground, with numerous intricately-branched creeping stems, and small pale pink flowers; an infusion of it was formerly supposed to stunt the growth. Called by early herbalists †male knot-grass. Also extended to other species of Polygonum, as seaside knot-grass, P. maritimum; Virginian knot-grass, P. virginianum, etc.

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the world > plants > particular plants > plants perceived as weeds or harmful plants > weed > [noun] > knot-grass

swine's grasslOE

bird's-tonguea1300

sparrow's-tonguea1400

corrigiolec1400

swinecress?a1425

knot-grass1538

way-grass1565

centinode1611

pinkweed1657

breadwort1736

stone-weed1847

allseed1855

knotwort1864

wire-weed1864

willow weed1866

knotweed1884

a1500 Gl. Sloane 5 in T. O. Cockayne Leechdoms, Wortcunning, & Starcraft (1864–6) III. 319/1 Knotting grass.]

1538 W. Turner Libellus de re Herbaria at Poligonon Knotgyrs.1560 T. Phaer tr. J. Goeurot Regiment of Life (rev. ed.) sig. Cvii It is good for the paciente to..drinke the iuice of knotgrasse.1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 451 The common male Knot grasse creepeth along vpon the ground, with long slender weake branches, full of knots or ioints, whereof it tooke his name.1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream iii. ii. 330 You dwarfe; You minimus, of hindring knot grasse, made. 1691 J. Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense (ed. 8) 12 Knot-grass, the very worst of Garden-weeds.1860 O. W. Holmes Professor at Breakfast-table x. 295 The wiry, jointed stems of that iron creeping plant which we call ‘knot-grass’.

2. Applied to various other plants with knotty stems, etc.

a. Various grasses, as the Fiorin Grass or Marsh Bent ( Agrostis stolonifera or alba) with creeping rooting stems, and the varieties with knotty rootstock of the False Oat ( Arrhenatherum avenaceum) and a species of Oat-grass ( Avena elatior).

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1637 J. Milton Comus 19 The chewing flocks Had ta'ne their supper on the savourie herbe Of Knot-grass dew-besprent.

1742 W. Ellis Mod. Husbandman June iv. 53 Knot, or Couch-grass.

1808 T. Batchelor Gen. View Agric. County of Bedford 324 The creeping bent-grass (Agrostis stolonifera)..the same, I believe, as that called knot-grass in this county.

b. Any species of the genera Illecebrum or Paronychia.

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1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. App. 316 Knot Grass, Mountain, Illecebrum.

1806 J. Galpine Synoptical Compend Brit. Bot. §109 Illecebrum. Knot-grass. i.Verticillatum, whorled.

†c. female knot-grass, Lyte's name for Mare's-tail ( Hippuris vulgaris).

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1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball i. lxvii. 97 Of Knotgrasse... There be two kindes..The second kinde whiche they call female Knot grasse, hath..stemmes..much like to the stalkes and ioyntes of Hippuris, or Horse tayle, but not so rough.

d. German knot-grass, name for Knawel ( Scleranthus annuus).

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1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball i. lxvii. 97 Of Knotgrasse... There be two kindes... Amongst the kindes of Knot grasse, we may well recken that herbe, whiche doth so wrap and enterlace itself, and is so ful of ioynts, that the base Almaignes cal it knawel, that is to say, knot weede.

1787 E. Darwin et al. tr. C. Linnaeus et al. Families of Plants I. 304 Scleranthus..German Knot-grass.

Compounds

C1. attributive.

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a1658 J. Cleveland Clievelandi Vindiciæ (1677) 104 He is much of the size of those Knot-grass Professors.

C2.

knot-grass moth n. Acronycta rumicis.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Caradrinidae > acronycta rumicis

knot-grass moth1819

1819 G. Samouelle Entomologist's Compend. 250 Knot-grass moth.

1859 E. Newman Illustr. Nat. Hist. Brit. Moths 255 The Knot-Grass.—The antennæ are simple in both sexes... It feeds on the common knot-grass.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	knot-grass
释义	knot-grassn. Brit. /ˈnɒtɡrɑːs/, /ˈnɒtɡras/, U.S. /ˈnɑtˌɡræs/ Etymology: < knot n.¹ + grass n.¹: from the knotted stem. 1. The plant Polygonum aviculare, a common weed in waste ground, with numerous intricately-branched creeping stems, and small pale pink flowers; an infusion of it was formerly supposed to stunt the growth. Called by early herbalists †male knot-grass. Also extended to other species of Polygonum, as seaside knot-grass, P. maritimum; Virginian knot-grass, P. virginianum, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants perceived as weeds or harmful plants > weed > [noun] > knot-grass swine's grasslOE bird's-tonguea1300 sparrow's-tonguea1400 corrigiolec1400 swinecress?a1425 knot-grass1538 way-grass1565 centinode1611 pinkweed1657 breadwort1736 stone-weed1847 allseed1855 knotwort1864 wire-weed1864 willow weed1866 knotweed1884 a1500 Gl. Sloane 5 in T. O. Cockayne Leechdoms, Wortcunning, & Starcraft (1864–6) III. 319/1 Knotting grass.] 1538 W. Turner Libellus de re Herbaria at Poligonon Knotgyrs.1560 T. Phaer tr. J. Goeurot Regiment of Life (rev. ed.) sig. Cvii It is good for the paciente to..drinke the iuice of knotgrasse.1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 451 The common male Knot grasse creepeth along vpon the ground, with long slender weake branches, full of knots or ioints, whereof it tooke his name.1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream iii. ii. 330 You dwarfe; You minimus, of hindring knot grasse, made. View more context for this quotation1691 J. Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense (ed. 8) 12 Knot-grass, the very worst of Garden-weeds.1860 O. W. Holmes Professor at Breakfast-table x. 295 The wiry, jointed stems of that iron creeping plant which we call ‘knot-grass’. 2. Applied to various other plants with knotty stems, etc. a. Various grasses, as the Fiorin Grass or Marsh Bent ( Agrostis stolonifera or alba) with creeping rooting stems, and the varieties with knotty rootstock of the False Oat ( Arrhenatherum avenaceum) and a species of Oat-grass ( Avena elatior). ΚΠ 1637 J. Milton Comus 19 The chewing flocks Had ta'ne their supper on the savourie herbe Of Knot-grass dew-besprent. 1742 W. Ellis Mod. Husbandman June iv. 53 Knot, or Couch-grass. 1808 T. Batchelor Gen. View Agric. County of Bedford 324 The creeping bent-grass (Agrostis stolonifera)..the same, I believe, as that called knot-grass in this county. b. Any species of the genera Illecebrum or Paronychia. ΚΠ 1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. App. 316 Knot Grass, Mountain, Illecebrum. 1806 J. Galpine Synoptical Compend Brit. Bot. §109 Illecebrum. Knot-grass. i.Verticillatum, whorled. †c. female knot-grass, Lyte's name for Mare's-tail ( Hippuris vulgaris). ΚΠ 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball i. lxvii. 97 Of Knotgrasse... There be two kindes..The second kinde whiche they call female Knot grasse, hath..stemmes..much like to the stalkes and ioyntes of Hippuris, or Horse tayle, but not so rough. d. German knot-grass, name for Knawel ( Scleranthus annuus). ΚΠ 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball i. lxvii. 97 Of Knotgrasse... There be two kindes... Amongst the kindes of Knot grasse, we may well recken that herbe, whiche doth so wrap and enterlace itself, and is so ful of ioynts, that the base Almaignes cal it knawel, that is to say, knot weede. 1787 E. Darwin et al. tr. C. Linnaeus et al. Families of Plants I. 304 Scleranthus..German Knot-grass. Compounds C1. attributive. ΚΠ a1658 J. Cleveland Clievelandi Vindiciæ (1677) 104 He is much of the size of those Knot-grass Professors. C2. knot-grass moth n. Acronycta rumicis. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Caradrinidae > acronycta rumicis knot-grass moth1819 1819 G. Samouelle Entomologist's Compend. 250 Knot-grass moth. 1859 E. Newman Illustr. Nat. Hist. Brit. Moths 255 The Knot-Grass.—The antennæ are simple in both sexes... It feeds on the common knot-grass. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1538
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