Madia

Ma´di`a

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(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.

Thesaurus

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Madia - genus of sticky herbs with yellow flowers open in morning or evening but closed in bright light genus Madia asterid dicot genus - genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs 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 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