polygonum
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of polygonum
C18: New Latin, from Greek polugonon knotgrass, from polu- poly- + -gonon, from gonu knee
Example Sentences
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In the highlands a kind of polygonum is used for this purpose.
From Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) A Record of Five Years' Exploration Among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre; In the Tierra Caliente of Tepic and Jalisco; and Among the Tarascos of Michoacan by Lumholtz, Carl
Our path in the afternoon lay near the river over low ground, wooded with box, having an undergrowth of saltbush and polygonum.
From Journal of Landsborough's Expedition from Carpentaria In search of Burke and Wills by Landsborough, William
The first line of trees we crossed enclosed only a shallow channel, overgrown with polygonum; and we in vain sought the natives although we saw where portions of fire had been recently dropped.
From Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 2 by Mitchell, Thomas
It formed fine reaches of water fifty to 100 yards wide; but the channel terminated suddenly in a level flat, covered with polygonum, atriplex, and grass.
From Journals of Australian Explorations by Gregory, Augustus Charles
Again we came upon wide fields of polygonum, and tracks of open forest with large lagoons.
From Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia by Mitchell, Thomas
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