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English
Etymology
From translingual Polygonum, from the neuter of Ancient Greek πολύγωνος (polúgōnos, “polygonal”), from πολυ- (polu-, “many, much”) + γωνία (gōnía, “corner, angle”), so called in allusion to the numerous joints. Doublet of polygon.
Noun
polygonum (plural polygonums or polygona)
- (botany) Any of many plants, of the family Polygonaceae, embracing a large number of species, including bistort, knotweed, smartweed, etc.
Translations
any plant in the genus Polygonum
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek πολύγωνον (polúgōnon).
Pronunciation
Noun
polygōnum n (genitive polygōnī); second declension
- (mathematics) polygon
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Descendants
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.