genus lysimachia

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   loosestrife: a cosmopolitan genus found in damp or swampy terrain having usually yellow flowers; inclined to be invasive

   SynonymsLysimachia

   Broaderdicot genus

   Part ofPrimulaceae

Questions about genus lysimachia

What does genus lysimachia mean?

genus lysimachia means "loosestrife: a cosmopolitan genus found in damp or swampy terrain having usually yellow flowers; inclined to be invasive".

What is another word for genus lysimachia?

Close synonyms include Lysimachia. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is genus lysimachia a common word?

genus lysimachia is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.