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Definition of Chile tarweed
1. Noun. South American herb with sticky glandular foliage; source of madia oil.
Generic synonyms: Tarweed
Terms within: Madia Oil
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chile Tarweed
Literary usage of Chile tarweed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Flora of Western Middle California by Willis Linn Jepson (1911)
"AI. elegant. with slender hairs and beset with pedicellate very viscid glands,
ill-scented; 1. M. sativa Molina. Chile tarweed. Robust, 1 to 4 ft. high, ..."
2. Useful Wild Plants of the United States and Canada by Charles Francis Saunders (1920)
"The Chile tarweed has a special interest in the fact that in Chile, where it is
also abundant, it has been cultivated from very early times. ..."
3. The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Mary Elizabeth Parsons (1906)
"Madia sativa, Molina, the Chile tarweed, is one of our most troublesome species,
because its viscid secretion is so very abundant. The plants are tall, ..."
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