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persicaria noun
- another name for red shank
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Here is a young one on this leaf of persicaria; do you see it?
Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children
W. Houghton
But two or three of the Persicaria tribe are still in flower, and also some of the Goosefoots.
Peter George Patmore
How the spots of Persicaria do manifest themselves between the sixth and tenth ribbe.
The Works of Sir Thomas Browne
Thomas Browne
The leaves of persicaria, also, are often selected by the female newt for the purpose of depositing her eggs.
Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children
W. Houghton
It feeds in July and August on broom, dyer’s greenweed (Genista tinctoria), persicaria, and other low plants.
The Moths of the British Isles, First Series
Richard South
