Loosestrife vs Lupine - What's the difference?
loosestrife | lupine |
Any of certain flowering plants of the genera Lythrum'' and ''Lysimachia , which are not closely related.
* 1919 , , Duckworth, hardback edition, page 91,
* 2008 , Allan M. Armitage, Herbaceous Perennial Plants , 3rd Edition,
* 2013 , Théodore de Saussure, Jane F. Hill (translator), Chemical Research on Plant Growth'', [''Recherches chimiques sur la Végétation ],
Of, or pertaining to, the wolf.
Wolflike; wolfish.
Having the characteristics of a wolf.
Ravenous.
As nouns the difference between loosestrife and lupine
is that loosestrife is any of certain flowering plants of the genera Lythrum and Lysimachia, which are not closely related while lupine is alternative form of from=American English lang=en any plant of the genus Lupinus; an edible legume seed of one of these plants.As an adjective lupine is
of, or pertaining to, the wolf.loosestrife
English
(wikipedia loosestrife)Noun
(en noun)- 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.
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.
page 22,
- I grew some peas, loosestrifes , and fleabanes [“inules ”] in profound darkness, beneath two identical receptacles filled with atmospheric air.