• Hadriscus@lemm.ee
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    6 hours ago

    Thanks for taking the time to write this up. I still don’t understand though. Does this explain the name “knotweed” ? I looked it up and it seems to be a real plant.

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      6 hours ago

      Oh, lol, sorry. I thought you meant how the ‘knot’ and ‘weed’ fit into current internet culture. A lot of plants have names that probably don’t make much sense to us. Apparently in its native Japan, there are 689 terms for it! Damn. I noticed that another english name for it is Donkey Rhubarb, which immediately makes me think of other things, and I’m now realizing I spend way too much time on the internet. /facepalm