garden loosestrife

noun

1. See under loosestrife(def 1).

noun

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.

noun

1. any of various primulaceous plants of the genus Lysimachia, esp the yellow-flowered L. vulgaris (yellow loosestrife)See also moneywort
2. purple loosestrife a purple-flowered lythraceous marsh plant, Lythrum salicaria
3. any of several similar or related plants, such as the primulaceous plant Naumburgia thyrsiflora (tufted loosestrife)