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lady-thumb

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la⋅dy's-thumb

[ley-deez-thuhm]
–noun
a smartweed, Polygonum persicaria, of the buckwheat family, having pink or purplish flowers and lance-shaped leaves with a spot resembling a thumbprint.

Origin:
1830–40, Americanism
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