persicaria
See also: Persicaria
English
editEtymology
editFrom Latin persicarius (“a peach tree”). See peach.
Noun
editpersicaria (plural persicarias)
- (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.