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Loosestrife

noun

Any of numerous herbs and subshrubs of the genus Lythrum.

Any of various herbs and subshrubs of the genus Lysimachia.

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"Loosestrife" Quotes from Famous Books

... low in the valley and the cottage is near the water, there are wild blooms, too, which almost rival those of the garden in beauty—water agrimony and comfrey with ivory-white and dim purple blossoms, purple and yellow loosestrife and gem-like, water forget-me-not; all these mixed with reeds and sedges and water-grasses, forming a fringe or border to the potato or cabbage patch, dividing it from ...

— A Shepherd's Life • W. H. Hudson

... himself less bold than a woman in this matter, climbed over it after her, though with no small misgivings. They strolled on into the wood, picking the pretty white orchids by the way as they went, for some little distance. The rich mould underfoot was thick with sweet woodruff and trailing loosestrife. Every now and again, as they stirred the lithe brambles that encroached upon the path, a pheasant rose from the ground with a loud whir-r-r before them. Philip felt most uneasy. "You'll have the keepers after you in a minute," he said, with a deprecating shrug. "This is just full ...

— The British Barbarians • Grant Allen

Words linked to "Loosestrife" : fringed loosestrife, yellow pimpernel, genus Lysimachia, Lysimachia quadrifolia, moneywort, herbaceous plant, Lythrum hyssopifolia, herb, Lythrum salicaria, Lysimachia nemorum, Lysimachia nummularia, grass poly, suffrutex, Lysimachia ciliatum, Lysimachia clethroides Duby, subshrub, Lythrum, genus Lythrum, swamp candles, creeping Jenny, creeping Charlie, Lysimachia terrestris, Lysimachia vulgaris, Lysimachia