HyperDic: spiked_loosestrife

English > 1 sense of the expression spiked loosestrife:
NOUNplantspiked loosestrife, purple loosestrife, Lythrum salicariamarsh herb with a long spike of purple flowers
English > spiked loosestrife: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningmarsh herb with a long spike of purple flowers; originally / originally of Europe but now rampant in eastern United States.
Synonymspurple loosestrife, Lythrum salicaria
Member ofLythrum, genus Lythrumloosestrife
BroaderloosestrifeAny of numerous herbs and subshrubs of the genus Lythrum

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