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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
: 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
40 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
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
15 1.4
knop
  • Archaic
9.9
to bud
8 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'.