false loosestrife

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false loosestrife - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Loosestrife \Loose"strife`\ (l[=oo]s"str[imac]f`), 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. --Gray.
         [1913 Webster]
  
     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. --Gray.
        [1913 Webster]