Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun marsh_elder

1 sense of marsh elder

Sense 1
marsh elder, iva -- (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 plant, bog plant, swamp plant -- (a semiaquatic plant that grows in soft wet land; most are monocots: sedge, sphagnum, grasses, cattails, etc; possibly heath)