English noun: purple loosestrife | |||
1. | purple loosestrife (plant) marsh herb with a long spike of purple flowers; originally of Europe but now rampant in eastern United States | ||
Synonyms | Lythrum salicaria, spiked loosestrife | ||
Broader (hypernym) | loosestrife | ||
Member meronym | genus Lythrum, Lythrum | ||