purple loosestrife
noun
an Old World plant, Lythrum salicaria, of the loosestrife family, widely naturalized in North America, growing in wet places and having spikes of reddish-purple flowers.
Origin of purple loosestrife
First recorded in 1540–50
Words nearby purple loosestrife
purple gallinule,
purple grackle,
purple granadilla,
purple heart,
purple heron,
purple loosestrife,
purple martin,
purple medic,
purple mombin,
purple of cassius,
purple passion