"knotweed" meaning in English

See knotweed in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: knotweeds [plural]
Etymology: From knot + weed. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|knot|weed}} knot + weed Head templates: {{en-noun}} knotweed (plural knotweeds)
  1. Any of several plants of the genus Polygonum, with jointed stems and inconspicuous flowers Categories (lifeform): Buckwheat family plants Derived forms: Chinese knotweed, Japanese knotweed Translations (Polygonum): πολύγονον (polúgonon) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), χιλιόφυλλος (khilióphullos) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), фасулче (fasulče) [neuter] (Bulgarian), (liu⁵) (Chinese Cantonese), (liǎo) (Chinese Mandarin), renouée [feminine] (French), Vogelknöterich [masculine] (German), Knöterich [masculine] (German), (tade) (alt: たで) (Japanese), таран (taran) (Kazakh), 여뀌 (yeokkwi) (Korean), rdest [masculine] (Polish), troscot [masculine] (Romanian), горе́ц (goréc) [masculine] (Russian), спо́рыш (spóryš) [masculine] (Russian)

Inflected forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "knot",
        "3": "weed"
      },
      "expansion": "knot + weed",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From knot + weed.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "knotweeds",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "knotweed (plural knotweeds)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries with translation boxes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Ancient Greek translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Cantonese translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with French translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with German translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Japanese translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Kazakh translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Korean translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Mandarin translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Polish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Romanian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Russian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Buckwheat family plants",
          "orig": "en:Buckwheat family plants",
          "parents": [
            "Caryophyllales order plants",
            "Plants",
            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "Chinese knotweed"
        },
        {
          "word": "Japanese knotweed"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Any of several plants of the genus Polygonum, with jointed stems and inconspicuous flowers"
      ],
      "id": "en-knotweed-en-noun-4awTYPMU",
      "links": [
        [
          "plant",
          "plant"
        ],
        [
          "genus",
          "genus"
        ],
        [
          "Polygonum",
          "Polygonum#Translingual"
        ],
        [
          "jointed",
          "jointed"
        ],
        [
          "stem",
          "stem"
        ],
        [
          "inconspicuous",
          "inconspicuous"
        ],
        [
          "flower",
          "flower"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "fasulče",
          "sense": "Polygonum",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "фасулче"
        },
        {
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "roman": "liu⁵",
          "sense": "Polygonum",
          "word": "蓼"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "liǎo",
          "sense": "Polygonum",
          "word": "蓼"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "Polygonum",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "renouée"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "Polygonum",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Vogelknöterich"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "Polygonum",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Knöterich"
        },
        {
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "polúgonon",
          "sense": "Polygonum",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "πολύγονον"
        },
        {
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "khilióphullos",
          "sense": "Polygonum",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "χιλιόφυλλος"
        },
        {
          "alt": "たで",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "tade",
          "sense": "Polygonum",
          "word": "蓼"
        },
        {
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "taran",
          "sense": "Polygonum",
          "word": "таран"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "yeokkwi",
          "sense": "Polygonum",
          "word": "여뀌"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "Polygonum",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "rdest"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "Polygonum",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "troscot"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "goréc",
          "sense": "Polygonum",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "горе́ц"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "spóryš",
          "sense": "Polygonum",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "спо́рыш"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "knotweed"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "Chinese knotweed"
    },
    {
      "word": "Japanese knotweed"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "knot",
        "3": "weed"
      },
      "expansion": "knot + weed",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From knot + weed.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "knotweeds",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "knotweed (plural knotweeds)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English compound terms",
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "Entries with translation boxes",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Terms with Ancient Greek translations",
        "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
        "Terms with Cantonese translations",
        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Japanese translations",
        "Terms with Kazakh translations",
        "Terms with Korean translations",
        "Terms with Mandarin translations",
        "Terms with Polish translations",
        "Terms with Romanian translations",
        "Terms with Russian translations",
        "en:Buckwheat family plants"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Any of several plants of the genus Polygonum, with jointed stems and inconspicuous flowers"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "plant",
          "plant"
        ],
        [
          "genus",
          "genus"
        ],
        [
          "Polygonum",
          "Polygonum#Translingual"
        ],
        [
          "jointed",
          "jointed"
        ],
        [
          "stem",
          "stem"
        ],
        [
          "inconspicuous",
          "inconspicuous"
        ],
        [
          "flower",
          "flower"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "fasulče",
      "sense": "Polygonum",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "фасулче"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "liu⁵",
      "sense": "Polygonum",
      "word": "蓼"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "liǎo",
      "sense": "Polygonum",
      "word": "蓼"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Polygonum",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "renouée"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Polygonum",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Vogelknöterich"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Polygonum",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Knöterich"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "polúgonon",
      "sense": "Polygonum",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "πολύγονον"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "khilióphullos",
      "sense": "Polygonum",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "χιλιόφυλλος"
    },
    {
      "alt": "たで",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tade",
      "sense": "Polygonum",
      "word": "蓼"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "taran",
      "sense": "Polygonum",
      "word": "таран"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "yeokkwi",
      "sense": "Polygonum",
      "word": "여뀌"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Polygonum",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rdest"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "Polygonum",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "troscot"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "goréc",
      "sense": "Polygonum",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "горе́ц"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "spóryš",
      "sense": "Polygonum",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "спо́рыш"
    }
  ],
  "word": "knotweed"
}

Download raw JSONL data for knotweed meaning in English (3.1kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-03-30 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-03-21 using wiktextract (fef8596 and 633533e). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.