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