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loosestrife

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11 lettersPart of speech nounSorted eefiloorsstStarts with LEnds with E0 clues
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Definitions

  1. any of various herbs and subshrubs of the genus Lysimachia

Word origin

Calque of Ancient Greek λυσιμάχειον (lusimákheion), as if from λύσις (lúsis, “loosening”) + μάχη (mákhē, “battle, strife”).

Used in a sentence

  • Most loosestrifes thrive in the northern part of the United States and Canada but only a few make good garden plants for the South.

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