persicaria
Britishnoun
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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 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
See also a few rose-coloured spikes of the amphibious persicaria.
From Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children by Houghton, W. (William)
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)
But this glow of many tints was a sure sign of approaching autumn; so, too, were the reddened stalks of persicaria, filling the dry ditches by the wayside.
From Two Summers in Guyenne by Barker, Edward Harrison
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