[ahy-vuh, ee-vuh] 
| any composite plant of the genus Iva, characterized by usually opposite leaves and inconspicuous greenish-yellow flowers. |
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noun | |
| 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 [syn: marsh elder] |
