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
Chinese knotweed
Japanese knotweed
Translations
Polygonum
Bulgarian:
фасулче
n
(
fasulče
)
Chinese:
Cantonese:
蓼
(
liu
5
)
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
)