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gooseneck loosestrife

US/ˈɡusˌnɛk ˈlusˌstɹaɪf/

gooseneck loosestrife noun: lysimachia clethroides, a species of plant bearing many small white flowers.

gooseneck loosestrife: lysimachia clethroides, a species of plant bearing many small white flowers
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Noun

gooseneck loosestrife (countable and uncountable, plural gooseneck loosestrifes)

  1. Lysimachia clethroides, a species of plant bearing many small white flowers.

Forms of gooseneck loosestrife

pluralgooseneck loosestrifes
alternative formgooseneck

Origin of gooseneck loosestrife

By surface analysis, gooseneck + loosestrife.

Questions about gooseneck loosestrife

What does gooseneck loosestrife mean?
Gooseneck loosestrife means lysimachia clethroides, a species of plant bearing many small white flowers.
What part of speech is gooseneck loosestrife?
Gooseneck loosestrife is a noun.
How do you pronounce gooseneck loosestrife?
Gooseneck loosestrife is pronounced /ˈɡusˌnɛk ˈlusˌstɹaɪf/ (US).
What is the plural of gooseneck loosestrife?
The plural of gooseneck loosestrife is gooseneck loosestrifes.

Words near gooseneck loosestrife in the dictionary

  1. gooselings
  2. goosely
  3. gooseneck
  4. gooseneck barnacle
  5. gooseneck barnacles
  6. gooseneck loosestrife
  7. gooseneck pediment
  8. gooseneck pediments
  9. goosenecked
  10. goosenecking
  11. goosenecks

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