a common weed with jointed stems
(Polygonum aviculare); knotweed. [
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" 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, “hindering knotgrass.”"
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"We want a boy extremely for this function,
Kept under for a year with milk and knotgrass."
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