How do you pronounce loosestrife?

The recorded pronunciation is /lˈusstɹˌaɪf/.

loosestrife

/lˈusstɹˌaɪf/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.57 in modern English

Syllables: looses-trife
IPA: /lˈusstɹˌaɪf/

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Meaning

noun

Any of certain flowering plants of the genera Lythrum and Lysimachia, which are in different taxonomic families.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"1919, Ronald Firbank, Valmouth, Duckworth, hardback edition, page 91, He had a suit of summer mufti, and a broad-brimmed blue beaver hat looped with leaves broken from the hedgerows in the lanes, and a Leander scarf tucked full of flowers: loosestrife, meadowrue, orchis, ragged-robin."
"Most loosestrifes thrive in the northern part of the United States and Canada but only a few make good garden plants for the South."
"2013, Théodore de Saussure, Jane F. Hill (translator), Chemical Research on Plant Growth, [Recherches chimiques sur la Végétation], page 22, I grew some peas, loosestrifes, and fleabanes [“inules”] in profound darkness, beneath two identical receptacles filled with atmospheric air."

Etymology

Calque of Ancient Greek λυσιμάχειον (lusimákheion), as if from λύσις (lúsis, “loosening”) + μάχη (mákhē, “battle, strife”).

Usage

Inflected Forms

loosestrifes (plural)

Phrases

false loosestrife fringed loosestrife gooseneck loosestrife loosestrife borer purple loosestrife spatulaleaf loosestrife threebract loosestrife yellow loosestrife