loosestrife family

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   herbs and shrubs and small trees with pink or purple flowers

   SynonymsLythraceaefamily Lythraceae

   Broaderdicot family

   Part ofMyrtales

Questions about loosestrife family

What does loosestrife family mean?

loosestrife family means "herbs and shrubs and small trees with pink or purple flowers".

What is another word for loosestrife family?

Close synonyms include Lythraceae, family Lythraceae. 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 loosestrife family a common word?

loosestrife family 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.