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vernonia
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun vernonia has 1 sense
- vernonia(n = noun.plant) ironweed - 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; Array is a member of genus vernonia
is a kind of herb, herbaceous plant
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