purple loosestrife
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purple loosestrife

noun

Definition of PURPLE LOOSESTRIFE

: a perennial Eurasian marsh herb (Lythrum salicaria) of the loosestrife family that is naturalized in eastern North America and has long spikes of purple flowers

First Known Use of PURPLE LOOSESTRIFE

1548

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