persicaria
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
And now, finding it here, the fable revived with added truth and conviction, the legend of the persicaria was as true to her as that other of the Lord's resurrection from death.
From Lying Prophets by Phillpotts, Eden
The same tradition clings to the purple orchis and the spotted persicaria.
From The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning by Berdoe, Edward
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)
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)
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
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
