- Chile tarweed
- nounSouth American herb with sticky glandular foliage; source of madia oil• Syn: ↑melosa, ↑madia oil plant, ↑Madia sativa• Hypernyms: ↑tarweed• Substance Meronyms: ↑madia oil
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tarweed — noun 1. any of various resinous glandular plants of the genus Madia; of western North and South America • Hypernyms: ↑herb, ↑herbaceous plant • Hyponyms: ↑melosa, ↑Chile tarweed, ↑madia oil plant, ↑Madia sativa … Useful english dictionary
tarweed — /tahr weed /, n. any of several resinous or gummy, composite plants of the genus Grindelia, having solitary flower heads. [1865 70, Amer.; TAR1 + WEED1] * * * ▪ plant any sticky, hairy plant of the genus Madia of the family Asteraceae,… … Universalium
madia oil plant — noun South American herb with sticky glandular foliage; source of madia oil • Syn: ↑melosa, ↑Chile tarweed, ↑Madia sativa • Hypernyms: ↑tarweed • Substance Meronyms: ↑madia oil … Useful english dictionary
Madia sativa — noun South American herb with sticky glandular foliage; source of madia oil • Syn: ↑melosa, ↑Chile tarweed, ↑madia oil plant • Hypernyms: ↑tarweed • Substance Meronyms: ↑madia oil … Useful english dictionary
melosa — noun South American herb with sticky glandular foliage; source of madia oil • Syn: ↑Chile tarweed, ↑madia oil plant, ↑Madia sativa • Hypernyms: ↑tarweed • Substance Meronyms: ↑madia oil * * * … Useful english dictionary
Madia — Ma di*a, n. [NL., fr. Sp. madi, fr. Chilian madi, the native name.] (Bot.) 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
madia oil — melosa melosa n. A South American herb ({Madia sativa}) with sticky glandular foliage; it is a source of {madia oil}. Syn: Chile tarweed, madia oil plant, {Madia sativa}. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Madia sativa — Madia Ma di*a, n. [NL., fr. Sp. madi, fr. Chilian madi, the native name.] (Bot.) 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Madia sativa — Madia Ma di*a, n. [NL., fr. Sp. madi, fr. Chilian madi, the native name.] (Bot.) 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Madia sativa — melosa melosa n. A South American herb ({Madia sativa}) with sticky glandular foliage; it is a source of {madia oil}. Syn: Chile tarweed, madia oil plant, {Madia sativa}. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
