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marsh elder

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marsh elder

–noun
any of various composite plants of the genus Iva, as I. frutescens, that grow in salt marshes.

Origin:
1745–55
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marsh elder  
n.  Any of several herbs or shrubs of the genus Iva of eastern and central North America, often growing in salt marshes and having nodding, greenish flower heads with unisexual flowers.
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