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Noun: iva  ee-vu
  1. Any of various coarse shrubby plants of the genus Iva with small greenish flowers; common in moist areas (as coastal salt marshes) of eastern and central North America
    - marsh elder

Derived forms: ivas

Type of: bog plant, marsh plant, swamp plant

Part of: genus Iva

Encyclopedia: Iva, Michigan