MELOSA

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

South American herb with sticky glandular foliage; source of madia oil

Synonyms:

Chile tarweed; madia oil plant; Madia sativa; melosa

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("melosa" is a kind of...):

tarweed (any of various resinous glandular plants of the genus Madia; of western North and South America)

Meronyms (substance of "melosa"):

madia oil (used as a substitute for olive oil)

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