polygonaceous
/pəˌlɪɡəˈneɪʃəs/ /pɒˌlɪɡəˈneɪʃəs/Botany
adjective
Belonging or relating to the family Polygonaceae, which includes docks, sorrels, and knotweeds and of which the type genus is Polygonum.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London. From polygonum or its etymon post-classical Latin Polygonum + -aceous, after scientific Latin Polygonaceae, family name (J. Lindley Nat. Syst. Bot. (ed. 2, 1836) 211, replacing earlier †Polygoneae (A. L. de Jussieu Genera plantarum 82)).
- take something into account (or take account of)
- take something kindly
- take something lying down
- take something off
- take something on
- take something on board
- take something out
- take something out on
- take something over
- take something personally
- take something to heart
- take something to the next level
- take something under advisement
- take something up
- take something with a pinch (or grain) of salt
- take stock
- take that!
- take the air
- take the biscuit (or take the cake)
- take the bread out of (or from) people's mouths
- take the bull by the horns
- take the cake
- take the chair
- take the chequered flag
- take the chill off