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MARSH ELDER

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Any of various coarse shrubby plants of the genus Iva with small greenish flowers; common in moist areas (as coastal salt marshes) of eastern and central North America

Synonyms:

iva; marsh elder

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("marsh elder" is a kind of...):

bog plant; marsh plant; swamp plant (a semiaquatic plant that grows in soft wet land; most are monocots: sedge, sphagnum, grasses, cattails, etc; possibly heath)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "marsh elder"):

burweed marsh elder; false ragweed; Iva xanthifolia (tall annual marsh elder common in moist rich soil in central North America that can cause contact dermatitis; produces much pollen that is a major cause of hay fever)

Holonyms ("marsh elder" is a member of...):

genus Iva (small genus of American herbs or shrubs; in some classifications placed in a separate family Ambrosiaceae)

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