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LOOSESTRIFE

\lˈuːsɪstɹˌa͡ɪf], \lˈuːsɪstɹˌa‍ɪf], \l_ˈuː_s_ɪ_s_t_ɹ_ˌaɪ_f]\

Definitions of LOOSESTRIFE

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

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

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

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

l[=oo]s'str[=i]f, n. the popular name for a plant of the natural order LythraceÃ¦ (q.v.).

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Davidson

Two kinds of herbaceous plant (Golden or Yellow, & Red or Purple or Spiked, L.). [Late Latin]

1919 - The concise Oxford dictionary of current English
By Sir Augustus Henry

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