true lover's knot

English

Paris quadrifolia

Wikispecies

Wikispecies

Alternative forms

• true lovers' knot

Noun

true lover's knot (plural true lover's knots)

1. Any of various knots (for string or the like) having some symmetry.
2. Lines interwoven with many involutions, fancifully held as an emblem of interwoven affection.
3. A particular species of moth, .
4. (mathematics) A particular knot of eight crossings.
5. A small plant in the family Melanthiaceae, Paris quadrifolia.

Synonyms

• (Paris quadrifolia): herb Paris

Translations

symmetrical knot

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moth Lycophotia porphyrea

• Finnish: kanervamaayökkönen
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math: knot

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Paris quadrifolia

• Finnish: sudenmarja (fi)
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• Romanian: dalac (ro) m