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Meaning of "polygonaceous" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF POLYGONACEOUS

ˌpɒlɪɡəˈneɪʃəs


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF POLYGONACEOUS

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Polygonaceous is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES POLYGONACEOUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Polygonaceae

The Polygonaceae are a family of flowering plants known informally as the knotweed family or smartweed—buckwheat family in the United States. The name is based on the genus Polygonum, and was first used by Antoine Laurent de Jussieu in 1789 in his book, Genera Plantarum. The name refers to the many swollen nodes the stems of some species have. It is derived from Greek; poly means many and goni means knee or joint. The Polygonaceae comprise about 1200 species distributed into about 50 genera. The largest genera are Eriogonum (240 species), Rumex (200 species), Coccoloba (120 species), Persicaria (100 species) and Calligonum (80 species). The family is present worldwide, but is most diverse in the North Temperate Zone. Several species are cultivated as ornamentals. A few species of Triplaris provide lumber. The fruit of the sea grape (Coccoloba uvifera) is eaten, and in Florida, jelly is made from it and sold commercially. The seeds of two species of Fagopyrum, known as buckwheat (sarrasin in French), provide grain (its dark flour is known as blé noir (black wheat) in France).

Definition of polygonaceous in the English dictionary

The definition of polygonaceous in the dictionary is of, relating to, or belonging to the Polygonaceae, a chiefly N temperate family of plants having a sheathing stipule clasping the stem and small inconspicuous flowers: includes dock, sorrel, buckwheat, knotgrass, and rhubarb.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH POLYGONACEOUS

acanaceous · arenaceous · Athanasius · avenaceous · boraginaceous · carbonaceous · farinaceous · gallinaceous · graminaceous · minacious · papilionaceous · pertinacious · pugnacious · rhamnaceous · solanaceous · spinaceous · tenacious · valerianaceous · verbenaceous · vinaceous

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE POLYGONACEOUS

polygenous · polygeny · polyglot · polyglotism · polyglottal · polyglottic · polyglottism · polyglottous · Polygnotus · polygon · polygonal · polygonally · polygonatum · polygonum · polygony · polygraph · polygraph test · polygrapher · polygraphic · polygraphically

WORDS THAT END LIKE POLYGONACEOUS

argillaceous · chartaceous · coriaceous · cretaceous · crustaceous · curvaceous · diatomaceous · ericaceous · gorgeous · herbaceous · liliaceous · micaceous · olivaceous · predaceous · proteinaceous · sebaceous · siliceous · spathaceous · the Cretaceous · tuffaceous · violaceous

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «POLYGONACEOUS»

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Comprehensive Natural Products II: Chemistry and Biology: 10 ...
Quercetin glycosides are also characteristic components of polygonaceous plants, as well as organic acids, and are also found in strawberry leaves. The quercetin glycosides, quercitrin, rutin, avicularin, hyperoside, and isoquercetin, stimulate ...
‎2010
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Flowering Plants
Ann. Bot. 2: 957–959. Lamb Frye AS and KA Kron. 2003. rbcL phylogeny and character evolution in Polygonaceae. Syst. Bot. 28: 326–332. Laubengayer RA. 1937. Studies in the anatomy and morphology of the polygonaceous flower.
Armen Takhtajan, 2009
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Fragmenta Floristica Et Geobotanica
Polygonaceous-rushy swampy meadows and tall forb rich swamps on the valley floors. Rare, in small numbers. 40. C. argunensis Turcz. ex Trev. - Ila, b. 1500- 1800 (1600). Mountain meadow steppe, dry Pulsat- illa-Stipa steppe, dry stony ...
‎1997
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The Suburban Horticulturist: Or, An Attempt to Teach the ...
Patirnne spinach, Herb Patience, or Patience dock, Rumex Pa- tientia L. ( Rhubarbe des Moines, Oseille-epinards, and Epinards immortels, Fr.), is a polygonaceous perennial, a native of Italy, formerly common in gardens as a spinach plant, ...
John Claudius Loudon, 1842
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Contributions towards the materia medica & natural history ...
Its elegant white flower marks it to be a Polygonaceous plant, although reckoned by both English and Chinese people to be a cereal, and so called. The small triangular, nutlike fruits of this plant, the Fagopyrum esculentum of the specifying  ...
Frederick Porter Smith, 1871
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Contributions Towards the Materia Medica and Natural History ...
Its elegant white flower marks it to be a Polygonaceous plant, although reckoned by both English and Chinese people to be a cereal, and so called. The small triangular, nutlike fruits of this plant, the Fagopyrum esculenlum of the specifying  ...
F. P. Smith, 1871
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Tohoku Journal of Agricultural Research
Vol. 27, Nos. a-4, December 1976 Printed in Japan Flavonoids as Feeding Stimulants of the Beetles Attacking the Polygonaceous Plants Kazuhiro Matsuda Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan ...
‎1976
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Weed control by chemical methods
White clover is the only species in which both MCPB and 2,4-DB may be employed and the choice lies with MCPB except where there is a dominance of polygonaceous weeds. These materials tend to control the same range of weeds as ...
Leslie James Matthews, 1975
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Proceedings of the ... International Symposium on Biological ...
As far as the authors are aware, this is the only record of the insect from the non- Polygonaceous plants. In Europe and North America, however, Gastrophysa spp. have been recorded from such non-Polygonaceous plants as mustard, beans, ...
‎1973
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Bulletin
APPENDIX I FUNGI ASSOCIATED WITH THE POLYGONACEAE OF NEW YORK STATE To be included on this list, a fungus must (1) occur on a polygonaceous host whose distribution includes New York State; or (2) the fungus must have ...
‎1979
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