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LYTHRUM SALICARIA

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

1. marsh herb with a long spike of purple flowers; originally of Europe but now rampant in eastern United States

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

• LYTHRUM SALICARIA (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Marsh herb with a long spike of purple flowers; originally of Europe but now rampant in eastern United States

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Lythrum salicaria; purple loosestrife; spiked loosestrife

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

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

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

genus Lythrum; Lythrum (loosestrife)

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