polygonaceous

Adjective. (botany) Of or pertaining to a family of apetalous plants, Polygonaceae, of which the knotweeds of the genus ''Polygonum'' are the type, and which includes also the docks of the genus ''Rumex'', the buckwheat, rhubarb, sea grape of the genus ''Coccoloba'', and several other genera.

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