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knapweed

knap.weed \-.we-d\ n [ME knopwed, fr. knop + wed weed] : any of various 
   weedy composite plants (genus Centaurea); esp  : a widely naturalized 
   European perennial (C. nigra) with tough wiry stems and knobby heads of 
   purple flowers