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Loosestrife n. (Bot.)

(a)

The name of several species of plants of the genus Lysimachia, having small star-shaped flowers, usually of a yellow color.

(b)

Any species of the genus Lythrum, having purple, or, in some species, crimson flowers.

False loosestrife, a plant of the genus Ludwigia, which includes several species, most of which are found in the United States.

Tufted loosestrife, the plant Lysimachia thyrsiflora, found in the northern parts of the United States and in Europe.

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Etymology of 'Loosestrife'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Loosestrife" Quotes from Famous Books

... all the time, and, as soon as they were clear of the woods, found they had reached a high table-land, covered with pastures, through the midst of which flowed a stream, whose rushy banks were gay with purple loosestrife, Ragged Robin, and yellow spearwort. It was a famous place in which to botanize, and the girls were allowed to disperse and hunt about for specimens, and came back every now and then to show ...

— The New Girl at St. Chad's - A Story of School Life • Angela Brazil

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