loosestrife

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
loosestrife /ˈluːsˌstrʌɪf/

▶noun a waterside plant with a tall upright spike of flowers. [Lythrum salicaria (purple loosestrife), Lysimachia vulgaris (yellow loosestrife), and related plants.]

– origin C16: from loose + strife, taking the Gk name lusimakheion (actually from Lusimakhos, the name of its discoverer) to be directly from luein ‘undo’ + makhē ‘battle’.

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