Home › Words › W › wireweedwireweedwireweed means any member of the genus Polygonella, now included in genus Polygonum of knotweeds and smartweeds, especially Polygonella articulata, now Polygonum articulatum.EtymologyFrom wire + weed.nounAny member of the genus Polygonella, now included in genus Polygonum of knotweeds and smartweeds, especially Polygonella articulata, now Polygonum articulatum.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.jointweed 88% match — Any member of the genus Polygonella, now included in genus Polygonum of knotweeds and smartweeds, especially Polygonella articulata, now Polygonum articulatum. vs wireweed →birdweed 74% match — Any of certain species of plants of the genus Polygonum, especially vs wireweed →doorweed 69% match — Knotweed. vs wireweed →burnweed 68% match — Any of the flowering plants of the genus Erechtites. vs wireweed →buttonweed 66% match — Any of numerous species of plants with button-like flowers, especially:; Any of several plants of the genera Diodia and Hexasepalum (syn. Diodella), of the madder family. vs wireweed →ribbonweed 66% match — Any of various marine and freshwater flowering plants:; Species of Posidonia vs wireweed →lakeweed 66% match — The water pepper, an aquatic plant of the family Polygonaceae. vs wireweed →bubbleweed 66% match — Any of the seaweeds of the genus Hormosira. vs wireweed →