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loosestrife
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun loosestrife has 2 senses
- loosestrife(n = noun.plant) Array - any of numerous herbs and subshrubs of the genus Lythrum; Array is a member of genus lythrum, lythrum
- loosestrife(n = noun.plant) Array - any of various herbs and subshrubs of the genus Lysimachia; Array is a member of genus lysimachia, lysimachia
has particulars: lythrum salicaria, purple loosestrife, spiked loosestrife, grass poly, hyssop loosestrife, lythrum hyssopifolia
is a kind of subshrub, suffrutex
has particulars: gooseneck loosestrife, lysimachia clethroides duby, lysimachia nemorum, yellow pimpernel, fringed loosestrife, lysimachia ciliatum, creeping charlie, creeping jenny, lysimachia nummularia, moneywort, garden loosestrife, lysimachia vulgaris, yellow loosestrife, lysimachia terrestris, swamp candles, lysimachia quadrifolia, whorled loosestrife
is a kind of herb, herbaceous plant
CIDE DICTIONARY
loosestrife, n.
The name of several species of plants of the genus Lysimachia , having small star-shaped flowers, usually of a yellow color. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
loosestrife, n.
1 any marsh plant of the genus Lysimachia, esp. the golden or yellow loosestrife, L. vulgaris.
2 any plant of the genus Lythrum, esp. the purple loosestrife L. salicaria, with racemes of star-shaped purple flowers.
1 any marsh plant of the genus Lysimachia, esp. the golden or yellow loosestrife, L. vulgaris.
2 any plant of the genus Lythrum, esp. the purple loosestrife L. salicaria, with racemes of star-shaped purple flowers.
Etymology
LOOSE + STRIFE, taking the Gk name lusimakhion (f. Lusimakhos, its discoverer) as if directly f. luo undo + makhe battle
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