Hypertext Webster Gateway: "knotgrass"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Knotgrass \Knot"grass`\, n. (Bot.)
(a) a common weed with jointed stems {(Polygonum aviculare)};
knotweed.
(b) The dog grass. See under {Dog}.
Note: An infusion of {Polygonum aviculare} was once supposed
to have the effect of stopping the growth of an animal,
and hence it was called, as by Shakespeare, ``hindering
knotgrass.''
We want a boy extremely for this function, Kept
under for a year with milk and knotgrass. --Beau.
& Fl.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
knotgrass
n : low-growing weedy grass with spikelets along the leaf stems
[syn: {Paspalum distichum}]
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