a purple-flowered lythraceous marsh plant, Lythrum salicaria
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purple loosestrife in British English
(ˈpɜːpəl ˈluːsˌstraɪf)
noun
a purple-flowered lythraceous marsh plant, Lythrum salicaria
purple loosestrife in British English
loosestrife
a purple-flowered lythraceous marsh plant, Lythrum salicaria
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loosestrife in British English
(ˈluːsˌstraɪf)
noun
1.
any of various primulaceous plants of the genus Lysimachia, esp the yellow-flowered L. vulgaris (yellow loosestrife)
See also moneywort
2. purple loosestrife
3.
any of several similar or related plants, such as the primulaceous plant Naumburgia thyrsiflora (tufted loosestrife)
Word origin
C16: loose + strife, an erroneous translation of Latin lysimachia, as if from Greek lusimakhos ending strife, instead of from the name of the supposed discoverer, Lusimakhos
Examples of 'purple loosestrife' in a sentence
purple loosestrife
Yellow loosestrife sometimes grows in damp places alongside purple loosestrife.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
These are the flowers of purple loosestrife.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Purple loosestrife has long columns of rich purple flowers.