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persicaria

persicaria, ~ius [ML < CL persicus+-aria, -arius] 1 peach-tree. ~ius, persoctreow Ælf. Gl. 138. 2 a (~ia, ~ia minor) arsesmart, willow weed (Polygonum persicaria or hydropiper). b (~ia major) dropwort (Filipendula hexapetala). a succus absin’, ~ie, foliorum persici Gilb. 229. 1; confricabis ‥ dentes et gingivas cum curticibus ut olivarum, ~ie vel salvie Bacon V 69 ; 12‥ ~ia, i. saucheneie, i. cronesantie WW; ~ia minor, i. colerage SB 33; ~ia ‥ culrage MS BL Sloane 2479 f. 102r; culrache, smerthole ‥ ~ia PP; ~ia ‥ A. arssmerte Alph. 46 (v. currago); ~ia, culrage MS BL Royal 12 E i f. 99v; ~iam, Angli vocant arsmert aut culerage Turner Herb. B iv v.  b ~ia major, A. dropwort MS BL Add. 18752 f. 110 (= MS BL Sloane 282 f. 172ra).

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