polygony

polygony

English Noun
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Definition

Any plant of the genus Polygonum, especially knotgrass.

Etymology

From Latin polygonium, from Ancient Greek πολύγονον (polúgonon).

Example Sentences

  • "There, whether it diuine Tobacco were, / Or Panachæa, or Polygony, / She found, and brought it to her patient deare [...]."
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