Meanings
nounpersicaria (plural persicarias)
plural persicarias
- biologylady's thumb
[…] and the arrow-shaped leaves of the blue spiked pondwort and rosy flowers of the persicaria, form a beautiful sight on hot sunny days.
1857, Catherine Parr Strickland Traill, The Canadian Settler's Guide, page 208
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Origin
- Latinpersicarius“a peach tree”
- Englishpersicaria
From Latin persicarius (“a peach tree”). See peach.
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Rhymes with persicaria
areaBulgariamalariaBavariamilitariasamariaurticariaradiolariaHungariacnidariafritillariamammillariaCarpentariacrotalarialaminariaaraucariamatricariapulmonariacalvariaarmillarialinariaSumeriarosariabaria
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persicaria. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/persicaria
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“persicaria.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/persicaria. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “persicaria,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/persicaria.
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