noun
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
• Syn: ↑marsh elder
• Hypernyms: ↑marsh plant, ↑bog plant, ↑swamp plant
• Hyponyms: ↑burweed marsh elder, ↑false ragweed, ↑Iva xanthifolia
• Member Holonyms: ↑genus Iva
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\\ˈīvə, ˈēvə\ nounEtymology: New Latin, from iva (specific epithet of Ajuga iva), probably from French ive ground pine, from Middle French, from Old French yve, from if yew, of Celtic origin; from its similarity in smell; akin to Old High German īwa yew — more at yew
1. capitalized : a small genus of American herbs or shrubs (family Ambrosiaceae) with mostly opposite leaves and small greenish flowers and with the staminate and pistillate both in the same head
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/uy"veuh, ee"veuh/, n.
any composite plant of the genus Iva, characterized by usually opposite leaves and inconspicuous greenish-yellow flowers.
[ < NL (Linnaeus); of uncert. orig.]
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abbrev
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