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ironweed definition

iron·weed (-wēd′)

noun

any of a genus (Vernonia) of perennial plants of the composite family, with clusters of small, tubular, purple flowers

Etymology: so named from its hard stem

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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