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Lythrum salicaria

DEFINITIONS OF: Lythrum salicaria

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

Synonyms:
purple loosestrife, spiked loosestrife
Type of:
loosestrife
any of numerous herbs and subshrubs of the genus Lythrum
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