loosestrife en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Calque of Ancient Greek λυσιμάχειον (lusimákheion), as if from λύσις (lúsis, “loosening”) + μάχη (mákhē, “battle, strife”).
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) Any of certain flowering plants of the genera Lythrum and Lysimachia, which are in different taxonomic families.
1919, Ronald Firbank, Valmouth, Duckworth, hardback edition, page 91, He had a suit of summer mufti, and a broad-brimmed blue beaver hat looped with leaves broken from the hedgerows in the lanes, and a Leander scarf tucked full of flowers: loosestrife, meadowrue, orchis, ragged-robin.
Most loosestrifes thrive in the northern part of the United States and Canada but only a few make good garden plants for the South.
2008, Allan M. Armitage, Herbaceous Perennial Plants, 3rd edition, page 672:2013, Théodore de Saussure, Jane F. Hill (translator), Chemical Research on Plant Growth, [Recherches chimiques sur la Végétation], page 22, I grew some peas, loosestrifes, and fleabanes [“inules”] in profound darkness, beneath two identical receptacles filled with atmospheric air.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| loosestrifes | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
fringed loosestrife · spatulaleaf loosestrife · threebract loosestrife · loosestrife borer · false loosestrife · yellow loosestrife · purple loosestrife · gooseneck loosestrife
Translations (31)
fr lysimaque (Lysimachia) · pl krwawnica (Lythrum) · cmn 珍珠菜 (Lysimachia) · sh проти́вак (Lysimachia) · fr salicaire (Lythrum) · ru вербе́йник (Lysimachia) · grc λυσιμάχειον (Lysimachia) · fi rantakukka (Lythrum) · sh мѐтӣљ (Lysimachia) · fi alpi (Lysimachia) · nl wederik (Lysimachia) · nl kattenstaart (Lythrum) · ru дербе́нник (Lythrum) · cmn 千屈菜 (Lythrum) · vi thiên khuất (Lythrum) · ru подбере́жник (Lythrum) · sh protívak (Lysimachia) · sh mètīlj (Lysimachia) · tr karga otu (Lysimachia) · el λυσιμάχειο (Lysimachia) · bg лени́вче (Lysimachia) · cy trewyn (Lysimachia) · de Gilbweiderich (Lysimachia) · vi trân châu (Lysimachia) · el λύθρο (Lythrum) · sv lysing (Lysimachia) · sh mètīljka (Lysimachia) · is útlagi (Lysimachia) · de Blutweiderich (Lythrum) · pl tojeść (Lysimachia) · sh мѐтӣљка (Lysimachia)