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L0249000 (lo͞os′strīf′)n.1. Any of various plants of the genus Lythrum, having spikes of purple or white flowers, especially the purple loosestrife.2. Any of various perennial plants of the genus Lysimachia, having usually yellow flowers.

[Mistranslation of Latin lȳsimachīa (as if from Greek lusis, loosening + Greek makhē, battle), from Greek lūsimakheios, perhaps after Lūsimakhos, Lysimachos, Greek physician of the fifth or fourth century bc.]

loosestrife

(ˈluːsˌstraɪf) n1. (Plants) any of various primulaceous plants of the genus Lysimachia, esp the yellow-flowered L. vulgaris (yellow loosestrife). See also moneywort2. (Plants) purple loosestrife a purple-flowered lythraceous marsh plant, Lythrum salicaria3. (Plants) any of several similar or related plants, such as the primulaceous plant Naumburgia thyrsiflora (tufted loosestrife)[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]

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(ˈlusˌstraɪf)

n. 1. any of various plants belonging to the genus Lysimachia, of the primrose family, having clusters of usu. yellow flowers. 2. any of several plants belonging to the genus Lythrum, of the loosestrife family. Compare purple loosestrife. [1540–50; translation of Latin lȳsimachīa < Greek lȳsimácheios, allegedly after a certain Lysímachos]

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Noun	1.	loosestrife - any of numerous herbs and subshrubs of the genus Lythrumgenus Lythrum, Lythrum - loosestrifeLythrum salicaria, purple loosestrife, spiked loosestrife - marsh herb with a long spike of purple flowers; originally of Europe but now rampant in eastern United Statesgrass poly, hyssop loosestrife, Lythrum hyssopifolia - annual with small solitary pink flowers; originally of Europe but widely naturalized in moist areassubshrub, suffrutex - low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base
	2.	loosestrife - any of various herbs and subshrubs of the genus Lysimachiagenus Lysimachia, Lysimachia - loosestrife: a cosmopolitan genus found in damp or swampy terrain having usually yellow flowers; inclined to be invasivegooseneck loosestrife, Lysimachia clethroides Duby - a variety of the loosestrife herbLysimachia nemorum, yellow pimpernel - trailing European evergreen with yellow flowersfringed loosestrife, Lysimachia ciliatum - of North Americacreeping Charlie, creeping Jenny, Lysimachia nummularia, moneywort - a loosestrife vinegarden loosestrife, Lysimachia vulgaris, yellow loosestrife - frequently considered a weed; Europe and AsiaLysimachia terrestris, swamp candles - North American plant with spikes of yellow flowers, found in wet placesLysimachia quadrifolia, whorled loosestrife - common North American yellow-flowered plantherb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests

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Loosestrife

loosestrife,

common name for the Lythraceae, a widely distributed family of plants most abundant as woody shrubs in the American tropics but including also herbaceous species (chiefly of temperate zones) and some trees. Several shrubs of this family have been introduced in the United States as ornamentals and are now naturalized, e.g., the crape (or crepe) myrtle of China (Lagerstroemia indica) and the henna shrub, or mignonette tree (Lawsonia inermis). The latter, cultivated especially in Muslim countries, is the source of hennahenna,
name for a reddish or black hair dye obtained from the powdered leaves and young shoots of the mignonette tree, or henna shrub (Lawsonia inermis), an Old World shrub of the loosestrife family.
..... Click the link for more information. dye (from the leaves), oil and pomade scents (from the flowers), and a medicament (from the bark). The wild marsh plants called loosestrifes (genus Lythrum) include several native American species with pink or lavender flowers, but the tall, showy species that blankets moist meadows and swamps with magenta to purple flowers in late summer and autumn is the spiked loosestrife (L. salicaria), introduced from Europe and now so widespread as to be a weed. Several species of the unrelated family Primulaceae (primrose family) are also called loosestrife. True loosestrife is classified in the division MagnoliophytaMagnoliophyta
, division of the plant kingdom consisting of those organisms commonly called the flowering plants, or angiosperms. The angiosperms have leaves, stems, and roots, and vascular, or conducting, tissue (xylem and phloem).
..... Click the link for more information. , class Magnoliopsida, order Myrtales.

Loosestrife

(Lysimachia), a genus of herbaceous plants, predominantly perennials, of the family Primulaceae. There are approximately 150 species (by other data, up to 200), mainly in the temperate regions almost everywhere on the terrestrial globe, especially in Eastern Asia and North America. In the USSR there are more than ten species. Most frequently found (in moist places) are the common loosestrife (L. vulgaris), a tall plant, up to 1.25 m high, with yellow flowers in paniculate racemes; and the moneywort, so-called meadow tea (L. nummularia). A dye is extracted from the common loosestrife that is used for dying wool yellow, brown, or black.

Loosestrife

(Lythrum ), a genus of annual or perennial grasses and certain low bushes of the family Lythraceae. The leaves are elongated. The flowers are purple or rose, the cup tubular with six inner and six outer tines, four to six petals, and two to 12 stamens. The fruit is a pod.

There are approximately 30 species in the world and 14 in the USSR. The most common is purple loosestrife (L. salicaria ), which grows in damp meadows, on shores, and in moist thickets. It is also a weed in rice fields. Loosestrife contains tannic substances and is also a good nectar bearer.

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noun any of numerous herbs and subshrubs of the genus Lythrum

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noun any of various herbs and subshrubs of the genus Lysimachia

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