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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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Asters, caryopteris, Russian sage, chrysanthemums, persicaria and lespedeza all are good candidates for the June chop.

From Washington Post • Jun. 9, 2020

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 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

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

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

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