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; [syn: marsh elder, iva]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
iva
n 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 [syn:
marsh elder, iva]