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LYTHRUM SALICARIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Lythrum salicaria mean?
• 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.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
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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