Hypertext Webster Gateway: "loosestrife"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Loosestrife \Loose"strife`\, 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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
loosestrife
n 1: any of numerous herbs and subshrubs of the genus Lythrum
2: any of various herbs and subshrubs of the genus Lysimachia
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