VERNONIA
Dictionary entry overview: What does vernonia mean? • VERNONIA (noun)
The noun VERNONIA has 1 sense:
1. 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
Familiarity information: VERNONIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• VERNONIA (noun)
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 hue
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
ironweed; vernonia
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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