knotgrass : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: knotgrass	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for knotgrass
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
knotgrass n low-growing weedy grass with spikelets along the leaf stems Synonym(s): knotgrass, Paspalum distichum
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Knotgrass \Knot"grass`\, n. (Bot.) (a) a common weed with jointed stems {(Polygonum aviculare)}; knotweed. (b) The dog grass. See under {Dog}. Note: An infusion of {Polygonum aviculare} was once supposed to have the effect of stopping the growth of an animal, and hence it was called, as by Shakespeare, [bd]hindering knotgrass.[b8] We want a boy extremely for this function, Kept under for a year with milk and knotgrass. --Beau. & Fl.