lady's thumb

English

lady's thumb (Persicaria maculosa)

Noun

lady's thumb (plural lady's thumbs)

1. 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