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Definition of: loosestrife

(loomacrs′strīf′) noun
1. Any one of various plants, mostly with four–cornered branches and regular or irregular flowers, as the common loosestrife (Lysimachia vulgaris) of the primrose family or the purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria) of the family Lythraceae.
2. Any plant of the loosestrife family. [<LOOSE + STRIFE; direct trans. of L lysimachia <Gk. lysimachion <lyein loose + machē battle]

Most often used phrases:

yellow loosestrife
tufted loosestrife
loosestrife beetle
winged loosestrife
swamp loosestrife
black margined loosestrife
fringed loosestrife
loosestrife lysimachia
gooseneck loosestrife
loosestrife yellow
loosestrife family
california loosestrife
whorled loosestrife
corban loosestrife
loosestrife borer

'loosestrife' used in domains:

loosestrifefarm.com
purpleloosestrife.com
loosestrife.com
yellowloosestrife.com
slooploosestrife.com
loosestrifebooks.com

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