Marsh-elder
noun
1.
any of various composite plants of the genus Iva, as I. frutescens, that grow in salt marshes.
noun
1.
any of several North American shrubs of the genus Iva, growing in salt marshes: family Asteraceae (composites) Compare elder2
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