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    MADIA

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Genus of sticky herbs with yellow flowers open in morning or evening but closed in bright lightplay

    Synonyms:

    genus Madia; Madia

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

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

    asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)

    Meronyms (members of "Madia"):

    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)

    Holonyms ("Madia" is a member of...):

    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)

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