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MADIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Genus of sticky herbs with yellow flowers open in morning or evening but closed in bright light
Synonyms:
genus Madia; Madia
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Madia" is a kind of...):
asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)
Meronyms (members of "Madia"):
tarweed (any of various resinous glandular plants of the genus Madia; of western North and South America)
common madia; common tarweed; Madia elegans (California annual having red-brown spots near the base of its yellow flower rays)
Holonyms ("Madia" is a member of...):
aster family; Asteraceae; Compositae; family Asteraceae; family Compositae (plants with heads composed of many florets: aster; daisy; dandelion; goldenrod; marigold; lettuces; ragweed; sunflower; thistle; zinnia)
