true lover's knot

English

Lycophotia porphyrea

Paris quadrifolia

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 (Lycophotia porphyrea).
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

moth Lycophotia porphyrea

• Finnish: kanervamaayökkönen
• Welsh: cwlwm cariad m

math: knot

Paris quadrifolia — see herb paris

References

• Lycophotia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Lycophotia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Lycophotia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Paris quadrifolia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Paris quadrifolia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Paris quadrifolia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons