loose|strife

loose|strife
loose|strife «LOOS STRYF», noun.
1. any plant of a group of herbs of the loosestrife family characterized by a cylindrical calyx tube and a capsule included within the calyx, such as the purple loosestrife.
2. any one of various erect or creeping herbs of the primrose family, such as a common species bearing clusters of yellow flowers, the moneywort.
[< loose, verb + strife, translation of Latin lysimachia < Greek lysimácheios < Lysímachos, the supposed discoverer]

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