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| loose·strife [ lss strf ] (plural loose·strifes or loose·strife) |
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1. plant with yellow flowers: a plant of the primrose family with clusters of yellow flowers. Native to: northern temperate regions. Genus Lysimachia.
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2. plant with purple flowers: a plant with spikes of purple flowers that has become an invasive species in North American wetlands. Native to: Europe. Latin name Lythrum salicaria.
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| [Mid-16th century. Translation (wrongly, as if < Greek lusimakhos "loosening strife") of Latin lysimachia, after Lysimachus, Greek physician] |
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