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polygonum

polygonum noun: any of many plants, of the family Polygonaceae, embracing a large number of species, including bistort, knotweed, smartweed, etc.

Noun

polygonum (plural polygonums or polygona)

  1. Any of many plants, of the family Polygonaceae, embracing a large number of species, including bistort, knotweed, smartweed, etc.
    • Near-synonym: polygony
    Synonyms:
    polygony

polygonum meaning in Tamil

polygonum in Tamil

பயிரி இனப்பிரிவு

Synonyms of polygonum

Forms of polygonum

pluralpolygonums
pluralpolygona

Origin of polygonum

From translingual Polygonum, from Ancient Greek πολύγονον (polúgonon, “knotweed”), from πολύς (polús, “many”) + γόνυ (gónu, “knee”), so called in allusion to the numerous joints, or neuter of πολύγονος (polúgonos, “prolific”), from πολύς (polús, “many”) + γόνος (gónos, “offspring”). If the former of those two hypotheses is true, then the word would be related to polygon (from γωνία (gōnía, “corner, angle”), a derivative of γόνυ (gónu)).

Questions about polygonum

What does polygonum mean?
Polygonum means any of many plants, of the family Polygonaceae, embracing a large number of species, including bistort, knotweed, smartweed, etc.
What is polygonum in Tamil?
Polygonum in Tamil is பயிரி இனப்பிரிவு. See Polygonum meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is polygonum?
Polygonum is a noun.
What is the plural of polygonum?
The plural of polygonum is polygonums.

Words near polygonum in the dictionary

  1. polygonoscope
  2. polygonoscopes
  3. polygonous
  4. polygons
  5. polygons of forces
  6. polygonum
  7. polygonums
  8. polygony
  9. polygram
  10. polygrammatic
  11. polygrammoid

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Adapted from Wiktionary: polygonum (page history and authors); polygonum (Tamil 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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