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madia


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Madia  \Ma"di*a\,  n.  [NL.,  fr  Sp  madi,  fr  Chilian  madi,  the 
  native  name.]  (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  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  Madia 
  n  :  genus  of  sticky  herbs  with  yellow  flowers  open  in  morning  or 
  evening  but  closed  in  bright  light  [syn:  {Madia},  {genus 
  Madia}] 




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