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ironweed
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ironweed \I"ron*weed`\, n. (Bot.) A tall weed with purplish flowers ( Vernonia Noveboracensis). The name is also applied to other plants of the same genus.
Wiktionary
n. Any of certain species of the genus ''Vernonia'' of forbs and shrubs.
WordNet
n. any of various plants of the genus Vernonia of tropical and warm regions of especially North America that take their name from their loose heads of purple to rose flowers that quickly take on a rusty hue [syn: vernonia]
Wikipedia
Ironweed is a 1983 novel by William Kennedy. It received the 1984 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and is the third book in Kennedy's Albany Cycle. It placed at number ninety-two on the Modern Library list of the 100 Best Novels written in English in the 20th Century and is also included in the Western Canon of the critic Harold Bloom.
Ironweed is a 1987 American drama film directed by Héctor Babenco. It is based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name by William Kennedy, who also wrote the screenplay. It stars Jack Nicholson and Meryl Streep, with Carroll Baker, Michael O'Keefe, Diane Venora, Fred Gwynne, Nathan Lane and Tom Waits in supporting roles.
The story concerns the relationship of a homeless couple: Francis, an alcoholic, and Helen, a terminally ill woman during the Great Depression. Major portions of the film were shot on location in Albany, New York, including Jay Street at Lark Street, Albany Rural Cemetery and the Miss Albany Diner on North Broadway.
The film was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Actor in a Leading Role (Nicholson) and Best Actress in a Leading Role (Streep).
Ironweed or iron weed may refer to:
- Ironweed (novel), a 1983 novel by William Kennedy
- Ironweed (film), a 1987 adaptation of Kennedy's novel
Usage examples of "ironweed".
Everything was as it should be: the strong smell of sunflowers and ironweed in the dew, the clear blue and gold of the sky, the evening star, the purr of the milk into the pails, the grunts and squeals of the pigs fighting over their supper.
Heather clung to the rocks, and whitebark pines growing low to the earth provided nurseries for ironweed and mistletoe.
She held clutched against her belly a bunch of goldenrod and ironweed pulled from the fencerow of the cornfield.
Overnight, abandoned cornfields bloomed with head-high purple ironweed, burning and blinding and visionary.
The tree which bore such remarkable fruit was commonly an ironweed tree standing in a conspicuous situation.
Kane and I were sitting on his side steps overlooking his urban garden of sooty dirt, broken glass and ironweed as he smoked his evening cigarette.