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knapweed

/ˈnæpwiːd/

knapweed noun: any of various common weeds of, or formerly of, the genus Centaurea.

Noun

knapweed (countable and uncountable, plural knapweeds)

  1. Any of various common weeds of, or formerly of, the genus Centaurea.
    • Near-synonym: hardhead
    Synonyms:
    hardhead
    1. Centaurea nigra.
    2. Rhaponticum repens.
    3. Centaurea calcitrapa.

knapweed meaning in Kannada

knapweed in Kannada

ದೊರೆಹುಲ್ಲು, ಜೊಂಡು

Synonyms of knapweed

Forms of knapweed

pluralknapweeds
alternative formnapweed

Origin of knapweed

Alteration of knopweed.

Words formed from knapweed

Questions about knapweed

What does knapweed mean?
Knapweed means any of various common weeds of, or formerly of, the genus Centaurea.
What is knapweed in Kannada?
Knapweed in Kannada is ದೊರೆಹುಲ್ಲು, ಜೊಂಡು. See Knapweed meaning in Kannada.
What part of speech is knapweed?
Knapweed is a noun.
How do you pronounce knapweed?
Knapweed is pronounced /ˈnæpwiːd/.
What is the plural of knapweed?
The plural of knapweed is knapweeds.

Words near knapweed in the dictionary

  1. knapskull
  2. knapskulls
  3. Knaptoft
  4. Knapton
  5. Knaptons
  6. knapweed
  7. knapweeds
  8. knar
  9. knare
  10. knares
  11. Knaresborough

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Adapted from Wiktionary: knapweed (page history and authors); knapweed (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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