lady's thumb

English

lady's thumb (Persicaria maculosa)

Noun

lady 's thumb (plural lady's thumbs)

A perennial plant of the knotweed family, native to Eurasia but introduced to many other regions, Persicaria maculosa.

Synonyms

(Persicaria maculosa): redshank, persicaria, redleg, spotted ladysthumb, gambetta, willow weed, Adam's plaster, Polygonum persicaria

Translations

Persicaria maculosa

Dutch: perzikkruid (nl) n
French: renouée persicaire f
German: Floh-Knöterich m
Greek:
Ancient: κραταιόγονον n (krataiógonon), πολύκαρπον n (polúkarpon)
Irish: glúineach dhearg
Italian: poligono persicaria m
Polish: rdest plamisty
Portuguese: erva-pessegueira f, persicária f
Spanish: duraznillo común m, hierba de santa María f, hierba pejiguera f
Swedish: åkerpilört

References

lady's thumb on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Persicaria maculosa on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Persicaria maculosa on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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