HyperDic: loosestrife_family

English > 1 sense of the expression loosestrife family:
NOUNplantloosestrife family, Lythraceae, family Lythraceaeherbs and shrubs and small trees with pink or purple flowers
English > loosestrife family: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningherbs and shrubs and small trees with pink or purple flowers.
SynonymsLythraceae, family Lythraceae
Member ofMyrtales, order Myrtales, Thymelaeales, order ThymelaealesMyrtaceae
MembersLagerstroemia, genus Lagerstroemiashrubs or small trees of tropical Asia and Africa usually with showy white, pink, or purplish flowers
Lythrum, genus Lythrumloosestrife
Broaderdicot family, magnoliopsid familyfamily of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination
Spanishlitráceas

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