[loos-strahyf] 
| 1. | any of various plants belonging to the genus Lysimachia, of the primrose family, having clusters of usually yellow flowers, as L. vulgaris (garden loosestrife) or L. quadrifolia (whorled loosestrife). |
| 2. | any of several plants belonging to the genus Lythrum, of the loosestrife family. |
| loose·strife (lōōs'strīf') n.
[Mistranslation of Latin lȳsimachīa (as if from Greek lusis, loosening + Greek makhē, battle), from Greek lūsimakheios, perhaps after Lūsimakhos, Lysimachos, Greek physician of the fifth or fourth century B.C.] |
