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Lupin vs Loosestrife - What's the difference?

lupin | loosestrife |

As nouns the difference between lupin and loosestrife

is that lupin is any member of the genus Lupinus in the family Fabaceae while loosestrife is any of certain flowering plants of the genera Lythrum and Lysimachia, which are not closely related.

lupin

English

(wikipedia lupin) (Lupinus)

Alternative forms

* lupine (US) * lupini

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any member of the genus Lupinus in the family Fabaceae.
  • A (w), a yellow legume seed of a Lupinus plant (usually ) which is commonly eaten in the Mediterranean area and in Latin America although it is toxic if prepared improperly.

    • 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