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    LYTHRUM

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Loosestrifeplay

    Synonyms:

    genus Lythrum; Lythrum

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("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 "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 ("Lythrum" is a member of...):

    family Lythraceae; loosestrife family; Lythraceae (herbs and shrubs and small trees with pink or purple flowers)

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