knobby
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Knobby tread is made for the dirt, not the street.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026
Knobby tread is made for the dirt, not the street.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026
Knobby, branching stems that grow 10 to 12 inches tall are topped with three to five buds.
From Seattle Times • May 14, 2022
Knobby stainless-steel sculptures by Tony Smith and angular geometric metal forms by Robert Morris contrast with the jumbled city beyond.
From Economist • Apr. 23, 2015
Knobby roots rise out of the ground; they have caught floating trunks, across which the water pours, lifting and dropping the wet grasses that grow on the rotten stems.
From Two Years with the Natives in the Western Pacific by Speiser, Felix