a. ? Obs. [f. KNOP sb.1 + -Y. Cf. G. knöpfig.] Full of knops; knop-like; knobby.
1562. Turner, Herbal, II. R, Polygonum … hath many knoppy ioyntes.
1578. Lyte, Dodoens, II. xvii. 167. Whan this seede is ripe, his knoppie head openeth.
1597. Gerarde, Herbal, II. clxv. 458. This kinde hath certaine knoppie tufts.
