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Ironweed

noun

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 hue. Synonym: vernonia.

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"Ironweed" Quotes from Famous Books

... an impenetrable thicket of weeds and vines—blackberry, thistle, ironweed, pokeweed, elder, golden-rod. As I drew near, I saw two or three birds dive down, with the shy way they have at this season; and when I came to the edge, everything was quiet. But I threw a stone at a point where ...

— A Kentucky Cardinal • James Lane Allen

Words linked to "Ironweed" : vernonia, golden ironweed, genus Vernonia, herb, herbaceous plant