"persicaria" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: persicarias [plural]
Etymology: From Latin persicarius (“a peach tree”). See peach. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|persicarius||a peach tree}} Latin persicarius (“a peach tree”), {{m|en|peach}} peach Head templates: {{en-noun}} persicaria (plural persicarias)
  1. (botany) lady's thumb Categories (topical): Botany Categories (lifeform): Buckwheat family plants

Inflected forms

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