lythrum salicaria

1. 1.

   marsh herb with a long spike of purple flowers; originally of Europe but now rampant in eastern United States

   Synonymspurple loosestrifespiked loosestrife

   Broaderloosestrife

   Part ofLythrum

Questions about lythrum salicaria

What does lythrum salicaria mean?

lythrum salicaria means "marsh herb with a long spike of purple flowers; originally of Europe but now rampant in eastern United States".

What is another word for lythrum salicaria?

Close synonyms include purple loosestrife, spiked loosestrife. 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 lythrum salicaria a common word?

lythrum salicaria 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.