"lady's thumb" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: lady's thumbs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} lady's thumb (plural lady's thumbs)
  1. A perennial plant of the knotweed family, native to Eurasia but introduced to many other regions, Persicaria maculosa. Categories (lifeform): Buckwheat family plants Synonyms (Persicaria maculosa): redshank, persicaria, redleg, spotted ladysthumb, gambetta, willow weed, Adam's plaster, Polygonum persicaria Translations (Persicaria maculosa): κραταιόγονον (krataiógonon) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), πολύκαρπον (polúkarpon) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), perzikkruid [neuter] (Dutch), renouée persicaire [feminine] (French), Floh-Knöterich [masculine] (German), glúineach dhearg (Irish), poligono persicaria [masculine] (Italian), rdest plamisty (Polish), erva-pessegueira [feminine] (Portuguese), persicária [feminine] (Portuguese), duraznillo común [masculine] (Spanish), hierba de santa María [feminine] (Spanish), hierba pejiguera [feminine] (Spanish), åkerpilört (Swedish)

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