polygony en · NOUN
Etymology
From Latin polygonium, from Ancient Greek πολύγονον (polúgonon). More at polygonum.
Meanings
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Any plant of the genus Polygonum, especially knotgrass.
Near-synonym: polygonum
There, whether it diuine Tobacco were, / Or Panachæa, or Polygony, / She found, and brought it to her patient deare [...].
1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto V”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| polygonies | Number=Plur | lexicographic |