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🔘 A round knob 💐 A flower cluster 🌱 A small bud
knop

knop

9.9
A small round bud on a plant that becomes a leaf or flower
  • noun
  • /nɑp/
  • Archaic
translation icon : yema
  • By mid-April each twig bore a tiny knop that quickly opened into a blossom.

Examples

  • The gardener pointed out the green knops forming along the rose bush.

  • The knop on the rose bush is beginning to bloom.

  • After the rain, every branch was dotted with a fresh knop ready to grow.

  • Look at that knop!

  • By mid-April, each twig bore a tiny knop from which a bloom would emerge.

  • The gardener pointed out the green knops developing on the rose bush.

  • After the rain, many branches were adorned with fresh knops ready to grow.

Synonyms

bud
vsknop
370 1.0

A small bump on a plant that will grow into a leaf or flower

is the same form but may only become a leaf or flower
bouton
vsknop
  • Archaic
1 9.9

A small bump on a plant that will become a leaf or flower

is a similar swelling but may or might not develop

How Developed

flower
∞ 1.0
to blossom
14 1.4
knop
  • Archaic
9.9
to bud
11 1.0

Surface Forms

knop singular
knops plural

Etymology

Knop comes from an old German word meaning 'small rounded lump' and is the same root as the English knob. That's why a tiny swelling or bud on a plant is called a 'knop'.