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knotgrass

/ˈnɒt.ɡrɑːs/

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noun

/ˈnɒt.ɡrɑːs/C2formal
  • ruНизкорослая сорная трава, характеризующаяся колосками, растущими вдоль листовых стеблей.

A low-growing weedy grass characterized by spikelets that grow along the leaf stems.

  1. Low-growing weedB1formalscientific

    A common annual weed that grows low to the ground, with small spikelets of flowers or seeds along its slender stems.

    ruНизкорослый сорняк

    • The garden was overrun with knotgrass after the rainy season.
    • Knotgrass often forms dense mats in lawns and disturbed soil.
    • Farmers consider knotgrass a persistent weed in crop fields.
    • The leaves of knotgrass are small and oval, arranged alternately on the stem.

    Synonymspigweed

Forms
  • knotgrasses plural form
  • knotgrasses' possessive plural form
  • knotgrass's possessive singular form