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loosestrifes

loosestrifes is the plural of loosestrife.

Meaning of loosestrife

Noun

loosestrife (countable and uncountable, plural loosestrifes)

  1. Any of certain flowering plants of the genera Lythrum and Lysimachia, which are in different taxonomic families.
    • He had a suit of summer mufti, and a broad-brimmed blue beaver hat looped with leaves broken from the hedgerows in the lanes, and a Leander scarf tucked full of flowers: loosestrife, meadowrue, orchis, ragged-robin.1919, Ronald Firbank, Valmouth, Duckworth, hardback edition, page 91

Phrases with loosestrifes

Questions about loosestrifes

What is loosestrifes the plural of?
Loosestrifes is the plural of loosestrife.

Words near loosestrifes in the dictionary

  1. loosest-fitting
  2. loosest-knit
  3. loosestrife
  4. loosestrife borer
  5. loosestrife borers
  6. loosestrifes
  7. looseth
  8. loosey
  9. loosey goosey
  10. loosey-goosey
  11. loosey-goosier

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