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☆ lady's-thumb (-t̸hum′)

noun

an annual plant (Polygonum persicaria) of the buckwheat family, with dense spikes of pinkish or purplish flowers

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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