01 n. A knob; a bud; a bunch; a button.
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1.
A knob; a bud; a bunch; a button.“Four bowls made like unto almonds, with their knops and their flowers.” — Ex. xxv. 21.
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2.
Any boldly projecting sculptured ornament; esp., the ornamental termination of a pinnacle, and then synonymous with finial; -- called also knob, and knosp.(Arch.) Also: finial, knob, knosp
Phrases & compounds
Knop sedge —
the bur reed (Sparganium); -- so called from its globular clusters of seed vessels.