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lady's thumb

lady's thumb noun: a perennial plant of the knotweed family, native to Eurasia but introduced to many other regions, Persicaria maculosa.

lady's thumb: a perennial plant of the knotweed family, native to Eurasia but introduced to many other regions,...
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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:
    redshank, persicaria, redleg, spotted ladysthumb, gambetta, willow weed, Adam's plaster, Polygonum persicaria

Synonyms of lady's thumb

All synonyms of lady's thumb

Forms of lady's thumb

plurallady's thumbs

Questions about lady's thumb

What does lady's thumb mean?
Lady's thumb means a perennial plant of the knotweed family, native to Eurasia but introduced to many other regions, Persicaria maculosa.
What part of speech is lady's thumb?
Lady's thumb is a noun.
What is the plural of lady's thumb?
The plural of lady's thumb is lady's thumbs.

Words near lady's thumb in the dictionary

  1. lady's seal
  2. lady's slipper
  3. lady's slippers
  4. lady's smock
  5. lady's thimble
  6. lady's thumb
  7. lady's traces
  8. lady's woman
  9. lady-bird
  10. lady-birds
  11. lady-boner

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