MADIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Madia mean? 

• MADIA (noun)
  The noun MADIA has 1 sense:

1. genus of sticky herbs with yellow flowers open in morning or evening but closed in bright light

  Familiarity information: MADIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MADIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Madia; Madia

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)