loosestrife
loosestrife
[ˈluːsˌstrʌɪf]
noun
[ˈluːsˌstrʌɪf]
noun
- any of a number of tall plants which bear upright spikes of flowers and grow by water and in wet ground
排草属植物 - several plants of the genus Lythrum (family Lythraceae), in particular the purple loosestrife (L. salicaria) of the Old World several plants of the genus Lysimachia (family Primulaceae), in particular the yellow loosestrife (L. vulgaris) of Eurasia
模式属，千屈菜科，尤指东半球的紫色排草属植物（拉丁名L. salicaria） 金钱草属，报春花科，尤指欧亚地区黄色排草属植物（拉丁名L. vulgaris）
- mid 16th cent.: from loose + strife, taking the Greek name lusimakheion (actually from Lusimakhos, the name of its discoverer) to be directly from luein 'undo' + makhê 'battle'
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