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MELOSA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does melosa mean?
• MELOSA (noun)
The noun MELOSA has 1 sense:
1. South American herb with sticky glandular foliage; source of madia oil
Familiarity information: MELOSA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
South American herb with sticky glandular foliage; source of madia oil
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Chile tarweed; madia oil plant; Madia sativa; melosa
Hypernyms ("melosa" is a kind of...):
tarweed (any of various resinous glandular plants of the genus Madia; of western North and South America)
Meronyms (substance of "melosa"):
madia oil (used as a substitute for olive oil)
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