knapweed

English - Turkish

Definition of knapweed in English Turkish dictionary

peygamber çiçeği

peygamberçiçeği

{i} mor top çiçekli bitki

(isim) mor top çiçekli bitki

peygamberçiçek

(Botanik, Bitkibilim) mavi kantaron

Related Terms

brown knapweed

kahverengi peygamber çiçeği

great knapweed

büyük peygamber çiçeği

greater knapweed

peygamber çiçeği

English - English

Definition of knapweed in English English dictionary

Any of various common weeds of the genus Centaurea, especially Centaurea nigra

{n} a plant of different kinds

{i} (Botany) thorny plant with purple flowers gathered in a head with spiny sections just under them

any of various plants of the genus Centaurea having purple thistlelike flowers

The black centaury (Centaurea nigra); so called from the knoblike heads of flowers

Called also bullweed

horseknop

bullweed

Related Terms

The knapweed

loggerheads

great knapweed

tall European perennial having purple flower heads

jersey knapweed

a variety of knapweed

lesser knapweed

a weedy perennial with tough wiry stems and purple flowers; native to Europe but widely naturalized

slender knapweed

a variety of knapweed

Hyphenation

knap·weed

Etymology

[ -"wEd ] (noun.) 15th century. Alteration of knopweed.