persicaria
UK/ˌpɜː.sɪˈkɛəɹi.ə/US/ˌpɝ.səˈkɛɹi.ə/
persicaria noun: lady's thumb.
Noun
persicaria (plural persicarias)
- lady'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
Forms of persicaria
| plural | persicarias |
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Origin of persicaria
From Latin persicarius (“a peach tree”). See peach.
Words that rhyme with persicaria
- area
- Carpentaria
- Hilaria
- Hungaria
- laminaria
- malaria
- rosaria
- sanguinaria
- sigillaria
- -aria
- adularia
- alfilaria
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- Anastenaria
- angaria
- antimalaria
- aquaria
- araucaria
- armillaria
- auricularia
- balistraria
- baria
- Bavaria
- Bedeque and Area
- bipinnaria
- brachiaria
- brachiolaria
- Bulgaria
- Caffraria
- calceolaria
- calvaria
- Caria
- carinaria
- cephalaria
- cercaria
- churrascaria
- cnidaria
- congiaria
- convallaria
- crotalaria
- cusparia
- dataria
- dirofilaria
- filaria
- fritillaria
- globularia
- hypobaria
- Icaria
- Kaffraria
- lacunaria
- laquearia
- ligularia
- linaria
- Lot 11 and Area
- macrofilaria
- mammillaria
- matricaria
- metacercaria
- microfilaria
- miliaria
- militaria
Questions about persicaria
- What does persicaria mean?
- Persicaria means lady's thumb.
- What part of speech is persicaria?
- Persicaria is a noun.
- How do you pronounce persicaria?
- Persicaria is pronounced /ˌpɜː.sɪˈkɛəɹi.ə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of persicaria?
- The plural of persicaria is persicarias.
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