What's the difference between knapweed and snapweed?

Knapweed


Definition:

  • (n.) The black centaury (Centaurea nigra); -- so called from the knoblike heads of flowers. Called also bullweed.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The footpaths I followed became swamped with knapweed, bramble and nettle.
  • (2) Repin, one of the sesquiterpene lactones found in Russian knapweed, has been shown to possess high toxicity toward chick embryo sensory neurons.
  • (3) Consumption of Russian knapweed (Acroptilon repens) by horses results in the necrosis of neural cells in the substantia nigra.
  • (4) It would be a day of spiders’ webs, drifting thistledown shredded by goldfinches , ripening berries and lethargic bumblebees clinging to the last of the knapweed flowers .
  • (5) As Ian prepares for the half-mile-long return journey, he points a fistful of oily cotton waste towards the purple thistle-like flowerheads of knapweed, the pink, white and blue pincushion-shaped flowers of scabious, and the vivid blue of cornflower.

Snapweed


Definition:

  • (n.) See Impatiens.

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