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chinese knotweed

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.06 in modern English

Syllables
chi-ne-se -knotweed
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A flowering plant of species Persicaria chinensis, from the family Polygonaceae, widespread across China, Japan, the Indian Subcontinent, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Vietnam, used as an ingredient in herbal remedies.

Uncountable

noun

A flowering plant of species Reynoutria multiflora, in the family Polygonaceae, native to central and southern China, whose roots are an important ingredient in traditional Chinese medicine.

Uncountable

noun

A large, perennial, rhizomatous herb, of species Koenigia weyrichii, native to East Asia.

Uncountable

Usage

Synonyms

creeping smartweed tuber fleeceflower Weyrich's knotweed

Questions

What does chinese knotweed mean?
A flowering plant of species Persicaria chinensis, from the family Polygonaceae, widespread across China, Japan, the Indian Subcontinent, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Vietnam, used as an ingredient in herbal remedies.

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