单词 | pale persicaria |
释义 | > as lemmaspale persicaria pale persicaria n. a knotweed, Polygonum lapathifolia, which bears spikes of greenish flowers and hard flat achenes, and is widespread in north temperate regions especially as a weed of damp arable land. ΚΠ 1905 Science 5 May 708/1 The following seeds and fruits were contained in a half pint of drift collected along Northwest Branch, Montgomery County, Md.:..sedges of genus Carex (44), buttonweed (39), pale persicaria (38), [etc.]. 1955 G. Grigson Englishman's Flora 233 This species and the Pale Persicaria, Polygonum lapathifolium..were both ‘utility plants’: their seeds have a starch content and were eaten. 1993 Britannia 24 137 Cereal grains of barley..are present, as are the weeds of cultivation; corn cockle..pale persicaria and sheep's sorrel. < as lemmas |
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