noun
South American herb with sticky glandular foliage; source of madia oil
• Syn: ↑Chile tarweed, ↑madia oil plant, ↑Madia sativa
• Hypernyms: ↑tarweed
• Substance Meronyms: ↑madia oil
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\\mə̇ˈlōsə\ noun (-s)Etymology: American Spanish, from Spanish, feminine of meloso of honey, resembling honey, from Late Latin mellosus, from Latin mell- + -osus -ous
: a So. American herb (Madia sativa) with glandular viscid foliage
Useful english dictionary. 2012.