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 Definitions of knapweed  [ˈnæpˌwid]  

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Definition of 'knapweed' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) knapweed
any composite plant of the genus Centaurea, esp. the weedy C. nigra, having rose-purple flowers set on a dark-colored, knoblike bract.

Etymology:  (1400–50; late ME knopwed=knoppe a small rounded protuberance +weed1)

Definition of 'knapweed' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) knapweed
any of various plants of the genus Centaurea having purple thistlelike flowers


Definition of 'knapweed' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) knapweed
the black centaury (Centaurea nigra); -- so called from the knoblike heads of flowers. Called also bullweed



'knapweed' - Nearby Entries  

knackwurst  knap  knapsack  knapweed  knave  knavery  knavish  



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