knapweed
English
Etymology
Alteration of knopweed. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnæpwiːd/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
knapweed (countable and uncountable, plural knapweeds)
- Any of various common weeds of, or formerly of, the genus Centaurea.
- Centaurea nigra.
- Rhaponticum repens.
- Synonyms: hardhead, Russian knapweed
- Centaurea calcitrapa.
- Synonyms: starthistle, caltrop
Derived terms
- bighead knapweed (Centaurea macrocephala)
- black knapweed (Centaurea nigra)
- brown knapweed (Centaurea jacea)
- common knapweed (Centaurea nigra)
- diffuse knapweed (Centaurea diffusa)
- giant knapweed (Centaurea macrocephala)
- greater knapweed (Centaurea scabiosa)
- great knapweed (Centaurea scabiosa)
- Jersey knapweed (Centaurea paniculata)
- lesser knapweed (Centaurea nigra)
- Russian knapweed (Rhaponticum repens)
- singleflower knapweed (Centaurea uniflora)
- slender knapweed (Centaurea spp.)
- spotted knapweed (Centaurea maculosa)
- squarrose knapweed (Centaurea virgata ssp. squarrosa)
- tumble knapweed (Centaurea diffusa)
- white knapweed (Centaurea diffusa)
Translations
Centaurea
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