loosestrife

/loos-strahyf/US // ˈlusˌstraɪf //UK // (ˈluːsˌstraɪf) //

菱角,菱形花,菱角花,菱形草

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : any of various plants belonging to the genus Lysimachia, of the primrose family, having clusters of usually yellow flowers, as L. vulgaris or L. quadrifolia.
- : any of several plants belonging to the genus Lythrum, of the loosestrife family.

But in both these passages the plant intended is the Lythrum salicaria, or Purple Loosestrife.
The pale gold of the loosestrife had faded, but the deeper yellow of the goldenrod had begun to take its place.
Every hedgerow was a blaze of blossom, roses, honeysuckle, elder; every brook was fringed with meadowsweet and loosestrife.
It will eat almost any sort of Galium; also willow herb (Epilobium), and purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria).
Yellow loosestrife is rising, thick comfrey stands at the very edge; the sandpipers run where the shore is free from bushes.