GENUS IVA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Small genus of American herbs or shrubs; in some classifications placed in a separate family Ambrosiaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("genus Iva" is a kind of...):

asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)

Meronyms (members of "genus Iva"):

iva; marsh elder (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)

Holonyms ("genus Iva" is a member of...):

aster family; Asteraceae; Compositae; family Asteraceae; family Compositae (plants with heads composed of many florets: aster; daisy; dandelion; goldenrod; marigold; lettuces; ragweed; sunflower; thistle; zinnia)

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