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Loosestrife - What does it mean?

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loosestrife

English

(wikipedia loosestrife)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any of certain flowering plants of the genera Lythrum'' and ''Lysimachia , which are not closely related.
  • * 1919 , , Duckworth, hardback edition, page 91,
    • He had a suit of summer mufti, and a broad-brimmed blue beaver hat looped with leaves broken from the hedgerows in the lanes, and a Leander scarf tucked full of flowers: loosestrife , meadowrue, orchis, ragged-robin.
  • * 2008 , Allan M. Armitage, Herbaceous Perennial Plants , 3rd Edition, page 672,
    • Most loosestrifes thrive in the northern part of the United States and Canada but only a few make good garden plants for the South.
  • * 2013 , Théodore de Saussure, Jane F. Hill (translator), Chemical Research on Plant Growth'', [''Recherches chimiques sur la Végétation ], page 22,
    • I grew some peas, loosestrifes , and fleabanes [“inules ”] in profound darkness, beneath two identical receptacles filled with atmospheric air.

    Derived terms

    * false loosestrife * fringed loosestrife * gooseneck loosestrife * loosestrife borer * purple loosestrife * spatulaleaf loosestrife * threebract loosestrife * yellow loosestrife

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