Definition of Genus Iva

1. Noun. Small genus of American herbs or shrubs; in some classifications placed in a separate family Ambrosiaceae.

Generic synonyms: Asterid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Aster Family, Asteraceae, Compositae, Family Asteraceae, Family Compositae
Member holonyms: Iva, Marsh Elder

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Iva

genus Indri
genus Inga
genus Inula
genus Ipomoea
genus Irena
genus Iresine
genus Iridoprocne
genus Iris
genus Irvingia
genus Isatis
genus Ischigualastia
genus Isoetes
genus Isopyrum
genus Istiophorus
genus Isurus
genus Iva (current term)
genus Ixia
genus Ixobrychus
genus Ixodes
genus Jabiru
genus Jacksonia
genus Jacquinia
genus Jaculus
genus Jambos
genus Jamesonia
genus Jasminum
genus Jatropha
genus Javanthropus
genus Jordanella
genus Juglans

Literary usage of Genus Iva

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Introduction to Systematic and Physiological Botany by Thomas Nuttall (1827)
"... having depressed globular flowers of a greenish color, and without beauty, which will be found to agree with the genus Iva, having a 5-leaved, ..."

2. The Shrubs of Northeastern America by Charles Stedman Newhall (1893)
"A compact shrub six to twelve feet high, worthy of cultivation because of its late blooming and its abundant " white-haired " blossoms. Genus IVA, L. Marsh ..."

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