Knop /(nŏp)/

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. Any boldly projecting sculptured ornament; esp., the ornamental termination of a pinnacle, and then synonymous with finial; -- called also knob, and knosp. (Arch.)

Phrases & Compounds

Knop sedge
the bur reed (Sparganium); -- so called from its globular clusters of seed vessels.