knotweed

English

Etymology

From knot +‎ weed.

Noun

knotweed (plural knotweeds)

1. 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)