Lythrum

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Lythrum - loosestrife genus Lythrumdicot genus, magnoliopsid genus - genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germinationfamily Lythraceae, loosestrife family, Lythraceae - herbs and shrubs and small trees with pink or purple flowersloosestrife - any of numerous herbs and subshrubs of the genus LythrumLythrum 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 areas