Vernonia

3 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  vernonia
       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: {ironweed}]



From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Vernonia, OR (city, FIPS 77250)
    Location: 45.86054 N, 123.18521 W
    Population (1990): 1808 (713 housing units)
    Area: 3.5 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 97064

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Vernonia, OR -- U.S. city in Oregon
     Population (2000):    2228
     Housing Units (2000): 880
     Land area (2000):     1.542725 sq. miles (3.995638 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.039516 sq. miles (0.102346 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    1.582241 sq. miles (4.097984 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            77250
     Located within:       Oregon (OR), FIPS 41
     Location:             45.859846 N, 123.189125 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     97064
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Vernonia, OR
      Vernonia