Knot (disambiguation)
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A knot is a fastening or securing of linear material such as rope, by tying or interweaving. Knot may also refer to:
[edit] In biology
- Several species of birds are commonly known as knots, including:
- Red Knot, a wading bird (simply called "Knot" in Europe)
- Great Knot, a wading bird
- Knotted wrack, a seaweed
- Knotgrass or knotweed, a member of the buckwheat family
- Knotted Marjoram, an alternative name for the herb Marjoram
- A knot garden, an elaborate interlace of tightly-clipped low hedging
- Knot, a mark left in timber by the origin of branches
- An alternative term for a trigger point, a small, hard, tender spot in a muscle
- The bulbus glandis of a canid penis
[edit] Other uses
- KNOT, a radio station (1450 AM) in Prescott, Arizona, United States.
- Celtic knot, a decorative graphic representation of a knot
- Knot, a unit of water or air speed measurement, equal to one nautical mile per hour.
- Knot, in mathematics — an abstract representation of an interwoven linear object
- Knot theory, the study of mathematical knots
- Garlic knots are an appetizer served in pizzerias
- Knots, a 2004 film starring Scott Cohen and Annabeth Gish
- Knots, a 1970 book of poetry by the psychologist R. D. Laing
- Knots Landing, an American soap opera
[edit] See also
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