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Noun: common madia
  1. California annual having red-brown spots near the base of its yellow flower rays
    - common tarweed, Madia elegans
Noun: madia oil plant
  1. South American herb with sticky glandular foliage; source of madia oil
    - melosa, Chile tarweed, Madia sativa
Noun: madia oil
  1. Used as a substitute for olive oil
Noun: Madia
  1. Genus of sticky herbs with yellow flowers open in morning or evening but closed in bright light
    - genus Madia

Type of: asterid dicot genus, oil, tarweed, vegetable oil, wild flower, wildflower

Part of: aster family, Asteraceae, Compositae, family Asteraceae, family Compositae

Encyclopedia: Common madia

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