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LYTHRUM

Dictionary entry overview: What does Lythrum mean?

• LYTHRUM (noun)
The noun LYTHRUM has 1 sense:

1. loosestrife

Familiarity information: LYTHRUM used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• LYTHRUM (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Loosestrife

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Lythrum; Lythrum

Hypernyms ("Lythrum" is a kind of...):

dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)

Meronyms (members of "Lythrum"):

loosestrife (any of numerous herbs and subshrubs of the genus Lythrum)

Lythrum salicaria; purple loosestrife; spiked loosestrife (marsh herb with a long spike of purple flowers; originally of Europe but now rampant in eastern United States)

grass poly; hyssop loosestrife; Lythrum hyssopifolia (annual with small solitary pink flowers; originally of Europe but widely naturalized in moist areas)

Holonyms ("Lythrum" is a member of...):

family Lythraceae; loosestrife family; Lythraceae (herbs and shrubs and small trees with pink or purple flowers)

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