Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A genus of polypetalous plants of the order Malvaceæ and tribe Malveæ, type of the subtribe Sideæ.
  • noun In zoology, the typical genus of Sididæ.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Bot.) A genus of malvaceous plants common in the tropics. All the species are mucilaginous, and some have tough ligneous fibers which are used as a substitute for hemp and flax.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • proper noun A taxonomic genus within the family Sididae — certain cladoceran water fleas.
  • proper noun A taxonomic genus within the tribe Maleae — certain flowering plants.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun large genus of tropical subshrubs or herbs some of which yield fibers of mucilaginous substances

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Examples

  • "The cocktail parties have brought me many clients," says one Phoenix VIP, Wang Limin, general manager of Jinhua Sida Corporate Management Consulting in Jinhua City.

    You'll Look Like A VIP Jane Ho 2010

  • Instalação feita para a Fonds Solidarité Sida Afrique, composta por 321 relógios que a cada 12 horas revelavam a mensagem A cada 12 horas, mais de 2 mil pessoas morrem em África por não terem acesso a cuidados médicos.

    Every minute counts Red 2009

  • Instalation from Fonds Solidarité Sida Afrique, in which every 12 hours 321 clocks revealed the message Every 12 hours in Africa, over 2,000 people die from AIDS because they have no access to care.

    Every minute counts Red 2009

  • Instalation from Fonds Solidarité Sida Afrique, in which every 12 hours 321 clocks revealed the message Every 12 hours in Africa, over 2,000 people die from AIDS because they have no access to care.

    Archive 2009-05-01 Red 2009

  • Ironías de la Vida: el P. Lorenzo Rosebagh, OMI, que siempre caminaba a pie o en bicicleta (incluso desde Estados Unidos a Brasil) para ir al encuentro de sus predilectos: los niños de la calle y los afectados por el Sida, fue asesinado en un coche.

    Global Voices in English » Guatemala: The Murder of Father Rosebaugh in the Ixcán 2009

  • Instalação feita para a Fonds Solidarité Sida Afrique, composta por 321 relógios que a cada 12 horas revelavam a mensagem A cada 12 horas, mais de 2 mil pessoas morrem em África por não terem acesso a cuidados médicos.

    Archive 2009-05-01 Red 2009

  • Today I will sign an agreement on behalf of USAID with the Swedish Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) to work together to issue joint credit guarantees to financial institutions in developing countries around the world.

    Helping People Help Themselves Dr. Rajiv Shah 2010

  • USAID and Sida will soon issue joint guarantees in Bosnia and Haiti, and we plan to design more guarantees to mobilize private investment in sectors such as climate change, post-disaster reconstruction, food security, and health.

    Helping People Help Themselves Dr. Rajiv Shah 2010

  • The countries in which USAID, Sida and others in the donor community work have the ability to achieve great accomplishments with their own resources.

    Helping People Help Themselves Dr. Rajiv Shah 2010

  • Sida fallax, Sesuvium portulacastrum, Eragrostis whitneyi and some scattered shrubs of C. subcordata, Abutilon asiaticum, Suriana maritime, Pemphis acidula, and Tribulus cistoides.

    Western Polynesian tropical moist forests 2007

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