HyperDic: vernonia

English > 1 sense of the word vernonia:
NOUNplantvernonia, ironweedany 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
vernonia > pronunciation
Soundsvernow'niyah
RhymesAbyssinia ... zinnia: 217 rhymes with iyah...
English > vernonia: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningAny 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.
Synonymironweed
Member ofgenus Vernoniagenus of New World tropical herbs or shrubs with terminal cymose heads of tubular flowers
Broaderherb, herbaceous plantA plant lacking a permanent woody stem
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