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persicaria

British  
/ ˌpɜːsɪˈkɛərɪə /

noun

  1. another name for red shank

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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See also a few rose-coloured spikes of the amphibious persicaria.

From Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children by Houghton, W. (William)

Here is a young one on this leaf of persicaria; do you see it?

From Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children by Houghton, W. (William)

The water had not covered it for months, and it was all thickly overgrown with persicaria, which the late summer had stained a carmine red, so that the island was all aflame.

From Two Summers in Guyenne by Barker, Edward Harrison

It is like a slender, pale variety of the common pink persicaria.

From Wild Flowers An Aid to Knowledge of Our Wild Flowers and Their Insect Visitors by Blanchan, Neltje

The leaves of persicaria, also, are often selected by the female newt for the purpose of depositing her eggs.

From Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children by Houghton, W. (William)

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