Term: purple loosestrife: marsh herb with a long spike of purple flowers; originally of Europe but now rampant in eastern United States
Broader: loosestrife: any of numerous herbs and subshrubs of the genus Lythrum | Unrelated: catamaran: a sailboat with two parallel hulls held together by single deck
Broader: loosestrife: any of numerous herbs and subshrubs of the genus Lythrum | Unrelated: plunk: (baseball) hitting a baseball so that it drops suddenly
Broader: loosestrife: any of numerous herbs and subshrubs of the genus Lythrum | Unrelated: bole: a soft oily clay used as a pigment (especially a reddish brown pigment)
Broader: loosestrife: any of numerous herbs and subshrubs of the genus Lythrum | Unrelated: bop: an early form of modern jazz (originating around 1940)
Broader: loosestrife: any of numerous herbs and subshrubs of the genus Lythrum | Unrelated: groomsman: a male attendant of the bridegroom at a wedding
Broader: loosestrife: any of numerous herbs and subshrubs of the genus Lythrum | Unrelated: adjective: the word class that qualifies nouns
Broader: loosestrife: any of numerous herbs and subshrubs of the genus Lythrum | Unrelated: general anesthesia: a state of total unconsciousness resulting from anesthetic drugs (as for a major surgical operation)
Broader: loosestrife: any of numerous herbs and subshrubs of the genus Lythrum | Unrelated: matakam: a Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad
Broader: loosestrife: any of numerous herbs and subshrubs of the genus Lythrum | Unrelated: badger: sturdy carnivorous burrowing mammal with strong claws; widely distributed in the northern hemisphere
Broader: loosestrife: any of numerous herbs and subshrubs of the genus Lythrum | Unrelated: sphaeriales: large order of ascomycetous fungi usually having a dark hard perithecia with definite ostioles; in more recent classifications often divided among several orders