Definition of Hyssop loosestrife

1. Noun. Annual with small solitary pink flowers; originally of Europe but widely naturalized in moist areas.

Exact synonyms: Grass Poly, Lythrum Hyssopifolia
Group relationships: Genus Lythrum, Lythrum
Generic synonyms: Loosestrife

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hyssop Loosestrife

hypurgia
hypusine
hypæthral
hypæthric
hyraces
hyracoid
hyracoidea
hyracoids
hyrax
hyraxes
hyrse
hyrst
hyson
hysons
hyssop
hyssop loosestrife (current term)
hyssop oil
hyssops
hysteralgia
hysteranthous
hysteratresia
hysterectomies
hysterectomized
hystereses
hysteresis
hysteresis loop
hysteresis motor
hysteretic
hysteretical

Literary usage of Hyssop loosestrife

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Plant Names, Scientific and Popular, Including in the Case of Each Plant the by Albert Brown Lyons (1900)
"... is called also Milk Willow; (c) L. Hyssopifolia L. (H. parvi- flora Opiz.), Europe and Asia, adv. in US, is hyssop loosestrife or Grass Poly. 1251. ..."

2. The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania: Annotated Checklist and Atlas by Ann Fowler Rhoads, William M. Klein (1993)
"Lythrum alatum Pursh Winged loosestrife Herbaceous perennial Swamps, wet meadows, marshy shorelines and ditches. Lythrum hyssopifolia L. hyssop loosestrife ..."

3. Flora of Pennsylvania by Thomas Conrad Porter (1903)
"Lythrum hyssopifolium L. hyssop loosestrife. (Man. p. 649 ; IF/ ¡545-} Borders of salt marshes, Me. to Pa. andN. ..."

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