How to Use knotweed in a Sentence

knotweed

noun
  • The goats were first used on the knotweed patch in South Windsor in June.
    Peter Marteka, courant.com, 7 Sep. 2019
  • All very well, of course, if the knotweed is confined to a garden.
    Christopher Middleton, Newsweek, 5 July 2014
  • Native to the Americas, erect knotweed grows in the moist flood zones near rivers.
    Annalee Newitz, Ars Technica, 26 Jan. 2018
  • Down the steep bank and through dog-hair stands of invasive knotweed, the river opens up to a huge slow pool below and a riffle above.
    Dave Hurteau, Field & Stream, 9 Mar. 2020
  • Her photographs are frank and blunt in their acceptance of chain link, barbed wire, mud and smothering mounds of knotweed.
    Steven Litt, cleveland.com, 30 June 2019
  • Another problem is the Japanese knotweed that has taken over the yard.
    Kelly Klein, Star Tribune, 25 June 2021
  • Pickled in soy sauce and chili flakes and tempura fried, however, knotweed is tastier than a kale chip.
    Ryan Knighton, Popular Mechanics, 6 Oct. 2016
  • As knotweed clearly demonstrates, theI didn’t y are adept at traveling.
    Barry Estabrook, WSJ, 9 Oct. 2020
  • Likewise, kudzu makes great salsa, and Japanese knotweed can be treated like rhubarb.
    Amanda Foreman, WSJ, 1 Nov. 2018
  • Vincent Stetson, the town’s tree warden, has been working on finding natural ways to control the knotweed.
    Peter Marteka, courant.com, 7 Sep. 2019
  • Japanese knotweed and New Zealand flatworms are cited as threats.
    Bloomberg.com, 27 Mar. 2018
  • Here the staff has rooted out nonnative honeysuckles and knotweeds throughout groves of maple, beech, hickory, sweet gum, oak, ash and tulip trees.
    Eve M. Kahn, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2017
  • Sometimes, though, the properties attacked by Japanese knotweed are brand new.
    Christopher Middleton, Newsweek, 5 July 2014
  • Sapsucking psyllid insects from Japan have been imported there to chew through stands of Japanese knotweed.
    Barry Estabrook, WSJ, 9 Oct. 2020
  • In coming months, the goats will also serve as Arboretum landscapers, munching through stands of poison ivy and Japanese knotweed.
    Joel Millman, WSJ, 17 Jan. 2023
  • His tasting menu that evening included spring garlic, knotweed, herbs foraged at the beach, lovage, rhubarb and a leafy northern plant called orpin with a slightly bitter flavor.
    Florence Fabricant, New York Times, 27 Oct. 2017
  • Don’t buy land invaded by Japanese knotweed, which is impossible to defeat with its spread, which can reach up to 65 feet underground.
    Carol Stocker, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Apr. 2022
  • One of the most famous examples is celebrating its 150th anniversary this year: the introduction of Japanese knotweed to the U.S.
    Amanda Foreman, WSJ, 1 Nov. 2018
  • Readers of the book will find new ways to prepare vegetables, from celery root to cauliflower, and learn about more unusual ingredients like carrot seeds, knotweed and radish seed pods.
    Mark Kennedy, Star Tribune, 21 Apr. 2021
  • This spring, bundles of tender, young knotweed and pokeweed shoots will be appearing tentatively at greenmarkets.
    Marie Viljoen/saveur, Popular Science, 19 Apr. 2020
  • That’s because the massive root system of Japanese knotweed stores huge amounts of energy for regenerating.
    Ellen Nibali, baltimoresun.com, 13 Aug. 2020
  • The now-30-year-old Nelson makes videos about magnolia blossoms, maple leaves, dandelion fritters, even invasive species like Japanese knotweed.
    Gabriel Popkin, Washington Post, 15 Aug. 2022
  • Giant hogweed and Japanese knotweed both were originally used as garden plants.
    Brittany Trang, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10 Aug. 2021
  • Some set menus slyly increase awareness, like a recent series of invasive species dinners that sold out in two hours, with diners tempted by jellyfish and Japanese knotweed.
    Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 July 2022
  • Bohn is worried that in a few years, Milwaukee might be rife with infrastructure problems from new Japanese knotweed populations.
    Brittany Trang, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10 Aug. 2021
  • Since the Fifties, such literature has grown like Japanese knotweed over the shelves of airport bookstores, and its authors have filled hotel conference rooms with eager seminar attendees.
    Hari Kunzru, Harper's Magazine, 27 Apr. 2021
  • The park is currently fighting against invasives like phragmites, hybrid cattail, buckthorn, Japanese knotweed and even wetland species like purple loosestrife.
    Morgan Greene, chicagotribune.com, 25 Oct. 2019
  • Many of those weedy species are also invasive, including Scotch broom, dandelions, Himalayan blackberry and Japanese knotweed, among others.
    Alison McAfee, Scientific American, 4 Nov. 2020
  • American travelers returning from Japan first brought knotweed to America.
    Ryan Knighton, Popular Mechanics, 6 Oct. 2016
  • His special passion was attempting to eradicate Japanese knotweed, an invasive plant that resembles tall bamboo.
    courant.com, 19 Mar. 2021

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