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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024loose•strife (lo̅o̅s′strīf′),USA pronunciation n. - Plant Biologyany of various plants belonging to the genus Lysimachia, of the primrose family, having clusters of usually yellow flowers, as L. vulgaris (garden loosestrife) or L. quadrifolia (whorled loosestrife.)
- Plant Biologyany of several plants belonging to the genus Lythrum, of the loosestrife family. Cf. purple loosestrife.
- Greek lȳsimáchei(os) + -a feminine noun, nominal suffix; see lysi-, -machy), plant said to be named after a certain Lysímachos; see -ia
- loose (verb, verbal) + strife, mistranslation of Latin lȳsimachīa (1540–50
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: loosestrife /ˈluːsˌstraɪf/ n - any of various primulaceous plants of the genus Lysimachia, esp the yellow-flowered L. vulgaris (yellow loosestrife)
- purple loosestrife ⇒ a purple-flowered lythraceous marsh plant, Lythrum salicaria
- any of several similar or related plants, such as the primulaceous plant Naumburgia thyrsiflora (tufted loosestrife)
Etymology: 16th Century: loose + strife, an erroneous translation of Latin lysimachia, as if from Greek lusimakhos ending strife, instead of from the name of the supposed discoverer, Lusimakhos |