SPIKED LOOSESTRIFE

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Meaning:

Marsh herb with a long spike of purple flowers; originally of Europe but now rampant in eastern United States

Synonyms:

Lythrum salicaria; purple loosestrife; spiked loosestrife

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("spiked loosestrife" is a kind of...):

loosestrife (any of numerous herbs and subshrubs of the genus Lythrum)

Holonyms ("spiked loosestrife" is a member of...):

genus Lythrum; Lythrum (loosestrife)