Associations to the word «Polygonum»

Wiktionary

POLYGONUM, noun. (botany) Any of many plants, of the family Polygonaceae, embracing a large number of species, including bistort, knotweed, smartweed, etc.
POLYGONUM, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Polygonaceae   — including the various knotweeds, smartweeds, and bistort.

Dictionary definition

POLYGONUM, noun. Diverse genus of herbs or woody subshrubs of north temperate regions.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope