Madia

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Madia - genus of sticky herbs with yellow flowers open in morning or evening but closed in bright lightgenus Madiaasterid dicot genus - genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubsaster family, Asteraceae, Compositae, family Asteraceae, family Compositae - plants with heads composed of many florets: aster; daisy; dandelion; goldenrod; marigold; lettuces; ragweed; sunflower; thistle; zinniatarweed - any of various resinous glandular plants of the genus Madia; of western North and South Americacommon madia, common tarweed, Madia elegans - California annual having red-brown spots near the base of its yellow flower rays

Madia

a genus of plants of the family Compositae. They are annual or, sometimes, biennial or perennial herbs with linear or lanceolate leaves. The flowers are yellow, with the anthodiums gathered into inflorescences; the flowers at the edge are ligulate (pistillate), and those in the center are tubular (bisexual). There are 18-20 species in western North America and in Chile. Melosa (M. sativa) is cultivated as an oil plant in North and South America, southern Western Europe, and some southern regions of the USSR. Its seeds contain a thick oil used in food and for industrial purposes.

Madia

Related to Madia: Madia elegans

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Synonyms for Madia

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

Synonyms

genus Madia

Related Words

asterid dicot genus
aster family
Asteraceae
Compositae
family Asteraceae
family Compositae
tarweed
common madia
common tarweed
Madia elegans