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"loosestrifes" has 4 syllables: loos-estr-if-es. It rhymes with knifes and fyffes, if that helps it stick.
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"Loosestrifes" has 4 syllables: loos · estr · if · es.
Loosestrifes: Any of certain flowering plants of the genera Lythrum and Lysimachia, which are not closely related.
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