Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various plants of the genus Vernonia of the composite family, having alternate leaves and clusters of purplish flower heads.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
flattop . - noun Also, any of the species of the genus Vernonia, handsome composite plants of North America. See
Vernonia . - noun The blue vervain, Verbena hastata.
- noun The black knapweed, Centaurea nigra. Also called
ironhead .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) A tall weed with purplish flowers (
Vernonia Noveboracensis ). The name is also applied to other plants of the same genus.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any of certain
species of thegenus Vernonia offorbs andshrubs .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- 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
Etymologies
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Examples
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Your ironweed was a monster last year, too cool You are very observant, that is a death grip on that child’s shirt.
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The itty bitty teeny weeny seedlings are ironweed babies, Vernonia gigantea? that were discovered at the end of the knot garden just this week.
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Oh my, beauties all, but that ironweed against the crimson of that blood grass is simply wonderful.
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The native ironweed, Vernonia altissima has what it takes to make the cut.
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A young ironweed, Vernonia spp., blooms at a reasonable height.
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I love the ironweed seed heads and fothergilla is my hands-down favorite shrub for fall color.
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Now the ironweed is not sold either, but that is because it grows everywhere in open fields, considered a large weed by most.
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The Aronia melancarpa ‘Viking’ black berries are still hanging on while the white snakeroot, Ageratina altissima climbs to the sky just to the left of the ironweed, before unclasping its buds for insect delights.
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As we climb the steps that lead to the knot garden at the top of the hill, we stop to admire the ironweed, Vernonia altissima opening its buds to show that dark purple hue.
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If we could only get the seeds to germinate that have been saved, this whole portion of the hill could be covered in ironweed.
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