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madia
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun madia has 1 sense
- madia(n = noun.plant) genus madia - genus of sticky herbs with yellow flowers open in morning or evening but closed in bright light; Array is a kind of asterid dicot genus
is a member of aster family, asteraceae, compositae, family asteraceae, family compositae
CIDE DICTIONARY
madia, n. [NL., fr. Sp. madi, fr. Chilian madi, the native name.].
A genus of composite plants, of which one species (Madia sativa ) is cultivated for the oil yielded from its seeds by pressure. This oil is sometimes used instead of olive oil for the table. [1913 Webster]
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