"Japanese knotweed" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} Japanese knotweed (uncountable)
  1. A large, herbaceous perennial plant, Fallopia japonica, native to Asia; it is a highly invasive colonizer outside of its native territory. Tags: uncountable Categories (lifeform): Buckwheat family plants Derived forms: Japanese knotweed psyllid — Aphalara itadori Related terms: Mycosphaerella (english: leafspot fungus), Puccinia polygoni-weyrichii, Gallerucida nigromaculata Translations (Fallopia japonica): 虎杖 (hǔzhàng) (Chinese Mandarin), křídlatka japonská (Czech), Japan-Pileurt (Danish), japanse duizendknoop (Dutch), japanintatar (Finnish), renouée du Japon (French), japanischer Staudenknöterich (German), ártéri japánkeserűfű (Hungarian), イタドリ (itadori) (Japanese), 호장근 (hojanggeun) (Korean), japoninis pelėvirkštis (Lithuanian), rdestowiec ostrokończysty (Polish), япо́нский спо́рыш (japónskij spóryš) [masculine] (Russian), parkslide (Swedish), cốt khí (Vietnamese), clymog Japan [feminine] (Welsh), llysiau'r cythraul [masculine, plural] (Welsh), pys saethwr [feminine, plural] (Welsh)

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