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    VERNONIA

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Any of various plants of the genus Vernonia of tropical and warm regions of especially North America that take their name from their loose heads of purple to rose flowers that quickly take on a rusty hueplay

    Synonyms:

    ironweed; vernonia

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("vernonia" is a kind of...):

    herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

    Holonyms ("vernonia" is a member of...):

    genus Vernonia (genus of New World tropical herbs or shrubs with terminal cymose heads of tubular flowers)

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