Definition of Chile tarweed

1. Noun. South American herb with sticky glandular foliage; source of madia oil.

Exact synonyms: Madia Oil Plant, Madia Sativa, Melosa
Generic synonyms: Tarweed
Terms within: Madia Oil

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chile Tarweed

Chieti
Chievitz' layer
Chievitz' organ
Chihalis
Chihuahua
Chihuahuan spotted whiptail
Chihuahuas
Chilaiditi
Chilaiditi's syndrome
Childermas
Chile
Chile bonito
Chile hazel
Chile nut
Chile tarweed
Chilean
Chilean Sign Language
Chilean bonito
Chilean cedar
Chilean eagle
Chilean eagles
Chilean firebush
Chilean flameflower
Chilean flamingo
Chilean flamingos
Chilean hazelnut
Chilean jasmine
Chilean monetary unit
Chilean nut

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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