persicaria

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English

Etymology

From Latin persicarius (a peach tree). See peach.

Noun

persicaria (plural persicarias)

  1. (botany) lady's thumb
    • 1857, Catherine Parr Strickland Traill, The Canadian Settler's Guide, page 208:
      [] and the arrow-shaped leaves of the blue spiked pondwort and rosy flowers of the persicaria, form a beautiful sight on hot sunny days.

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