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GENUS LYTHRUM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Loosestrife
Synonyms:
genus Lythrum; Lythrum
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Lythrum" is a kind of...):
dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)
Meronyms (members of "genus Lythrum"):
loosestrife (any of numerous herbs and subshrubs of the genus Lythrum)
Lythrum salicaria; purple loosestrife; spiked loosestrife (marsh herb with a long spike of purple flowers; originally of Europe but now rampant in eastern United States)
grass poly; hyssop loosestrife; Lythrum hyssopifolia (annual with small solitary pink flowers; originally of Europe but widely naturalized in moist areas)
Holonyms ("genus Lythrum" is a member of...):
family Lythraceae; loosestrife family; Lythraceae (herbs and shrubs and small trees with pink or purple flowers)
