knotweed

English

Etymology

From knot +‎ weed.

Noun

knotweed (plural knotweeds)

Any of several plants of the genus Polygonum, with jointed stems and inconspicuous flowers

Derived terms

Japanese knotweed

Translations

Polygonum

Bulgarian: фасулче n (fasulče)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 蓼 (liu⁵)

Mandarin: 蓼 (zh) (liǎo)
French: renouée (fr) f
German: Vogelknöterich (de) m, Knöterich m
Greek:
Ancient: πολύγονον n (polúgonon), χιλιόφυλλος m (khilióphullos)
Japanese: 蓼 (ja) (たで, tade)
Kazakh: таран (taran)
Korean: 여뀌 (ko) (yeokkwi)
Polish: rdest (pl) m
Romanian: troscot (ro) m
Russian: горе́ц (ru) m (goréc), спо́рыш (ru) m (spóryš)

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