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sida


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sida  \Si"da\,  n.  [NL.,  fr  Gr  ???  a  kind  of  plant.]  (Bot.) 
  A  genus  of  malvaceous  plants  common  in  the  tropics.  All  the 
  species  are  mucilaginous,  and  some  have  tough  ligneous  fibers 
  which  are  used  as  a  substitute  for  hemp  and  flax.  --Balfour 
  (Cyc.  of  India). 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  Sida 
  n  :  large  genus  of  tropical  subshrubs  or  herbs  some  of  which 
  yield  fibers  of  musilaginous  substances  [syn:  {Sida},  {genus 
  Sida}] 




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