different between polygonum vs tearthumb

English

Etymology

From New Latin, from Ancient Greek a kind of plant; ????? (polús, “many, much”) + ????? (g?nía, “corner, angle”). So called in allusion to the numerous joints

Noun

polygonum (plural polygonums)

1. (botany) Any of many plants, of the family Polygonaceae, embracing a large number of species, including bistort, knotweed, smartweed, etc.

Translations

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /po.ly??o?.num/, [p?l???o?n???]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /po.li??o.num/, [p?li????num]

Noun

polyg?num n (genitive polyg?n?); second declension

1. (mathematics) polygon

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

References

• polygonum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• polygonum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

tear +? thumb

Noun

tearthumb (plural tearthumbs)

1. Any of a group of annual vining plants within the genus Polygonum, with small sharp spines covering the stems.

Further reading

• tearthumb on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• butter-ham