Dictionary![]() ![]() loose'strife fam"ilythe plant family Lythraceae, characterized by herbaceous plants, shrubs, and trees having usually opposite or whorled, simple leaves, clusters of flowers, and fruit in the form of a capsule, and including the crape myrtle, loosestrifes of the genus Lythrum, and the henna shrub. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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