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Definition of: persicary
(pûr′sə·ker′ē) noun plural ·car·ies
The knotweed; especially, the lady's–thumb (Polygonum persicano). [<NL persicaria <L persicum (malum) a peach; from the likeness of its leaves to those of the peach tree]
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