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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A genus of composite herbs belonging to the tribe Helianthoideæ and the subtribe Madieæ, characterized by a deeply furrowed involucre, with bracts closely inclosing the achenia, of which those of the disk are either perfect or sterile, almost always without pappus.

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

  • noun (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 olive oil for the table.

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

  • noun genus of sticky herbs with yellow flowers open in morning or evening but closed in bright light

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