a. ? Obs. [f. KNOP sb.1 or v. + -ED.] Having knops; knobbed; bearing buds, or compact rounded flower-heads.

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c. 1394.  P. Pl. Crede, 424. Wiþ his knopped schon clouted full þykke.

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1434.  E. E. Wills (1882), 101. A litell basyn knopped.

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1501.  Douglas, Pal. Hon., Prol. 76. The knoppit syonis with leuis aggreabill.

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1601.  Holland, Pliny, II. 447. With knopped Majoram or Sauorie.

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1655.  Moufet & Bennet, Health’s Improv. (1746), 320. The unset Leek, or Maiden-leek, is not so hot as the knopped ones.

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  b.  Formed into a knop or knob; knob-shaped.

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1578.  Lyte, Dodoens, II. xii. 161. Lyke to … Cyanus floures … in his Scaly knopped buttons.

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