lopseedn.
/ˈlɒpsiːd/ ‘A North American herb, Phryma Leptostachya, with spikes of small purple flowers, which in fruit are bent back close against the axis’ ( Cent. Dict.).
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1850 A. H. Lincoln Familiar Lect. Bot. (new ed.) App. 53 Phryma,..lopseed.
1856 A. Gray Man. Bot. Northern U.S. (ed. 2) 299.
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