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genus Lysimachia

DEFINITIONS OF: genus Lysimachia

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n loosestrife: a cosmopolitan genus found in damp or swampy terrain having usually yellow flowers; inclined to be invasive

Synonyms:
Lysimachia
Type of:
dicot genus, magnoliopsid genus
genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination
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