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POLYGONUM

\pˌɒlɪɡˈɒnəm], \pˌɒlɪɡˈɒnəm], \p_ˌɒ_l_ɪ_ɡ_ˈɒ_n_ə_m]\

Definitions of POLYGONUM

2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
1919 - The concise Oxford dictionary of current English
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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A plant genus of the family POLYGONACEAE, order Polygonales, subclass Caryophyllidae.

2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

po-lig'o-num, n. a kind of plant with many joints, as the bistort, knotweed, &c.--n.pl. POLYGON[=A]'CEÃ†, an order of apetalous plants, mostly herbs--the buckwheat family. [Gr. polys, many, gonu, a knee.]

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Davidson

Ord. Polygonaceae. Sex. Syst. Octandria Trigynia. This grass is said to be a feeble astringent.

1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
By Robley Dunglison

Genus of plants including knotgrass, snakeweed, &c. [Greek]

1919 - The concise Oxford dictionary of current English
By Sir Augustus Henry

Knotgrass; a genus of herbs.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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