NOUN | plant | genus Vernonia | genus of New World tropical herbs or shrubs with terminal cymose heads of tubular flowers |
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Meaning | genus of New World tropical herbs or shrubs with terminal cymose heads of tubular flowers. | |
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Member of | Compositae, family Compositae, Asteraceae, family Asteraceae, aster family | plants with heads composed of many florets |
Members | ironweed, vernonia | Any of various plants of the genus Vernonia of tropical and warm regions / 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 |
Broader | asterid dicot genus | genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs |
Spanish | genus vernonia | |
Catalan | genus vernonia |
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