salicaire

French - English

Definition of salicaire in French English dictionary

{n} loosestrife

any of several flowering plants of two different genera, Lythrum (purple loosestrife) or Lysimachia (yellow loosestrife)

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.

{n} a plant of several kinds

The name of several species of plants of the genus Lysimachia, having small star-shaped flowers, usually of a yellow color

{i} (Botany) name of various kind of plants of the genus Lysimachia (generally with yellow flowers) and Lythrum (generally having purple or white flowers)

Any ornamental plant of the family Lythraceae, especially in the genera Lythrum and Decodon, and two genera of the primrose family (Lysimachia and Steironema). Purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria), native to Eurasia, grows 2-6 ft (0.6-1.8 m) high on riverbanks and in ditches. Its branched stem bears whorls of narrow, pointed, stalkless leaves and ends in tall, tapering spikes of red-purple flowers. Introduced into North America early in the 19th century, it has become a noxious weed in many parts of the U.S. and Canada because its dense growth outcompetes native wetland vegetation that provides food and habitat for wildlife

any of various herbs and subshrubs of the genus Lysimachia any of numerous herbs and subshrubs of the genus Lythrum

Any species of the genus Lythrum, having purple, or, in some species, crimson flowers