lady's-thumb

lady's-thumb
/lay"deez thum'/, n.
a smartweed, Polygonum persicaria, of the buckwheat family, having pink or purplish flowers and lance-shaped leaves with a spot resembling a thumbprint.
[1830-40, Amer.]

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