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MARSH ELDER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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
Classified under:
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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