| NOUN | plant | tarweed | any of various resinous glandular plants of the genus Madia |
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| plant | tarweed, gumweed, gum plant, rosinweed | any of various western American plants of the genus Grindelia having resinous leaves and stems formerly used medicinally |
| Meaning | Any of various resinous glandular plants of the genus Madia; of western North and South America. | |
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| Member of | Madia, genus Madia | genus of sticky herbs with yellow flowers open / open in morning or evening but closed in bright light |
| Narrower | melosa, Chile tarweed, madia oil plant, Madia sativa | South American herb with sticky glandular foliage |
| Broader | herb, herbaceous plant | A plant lacking a permanent woody stem |
| Meaning | Any of various western American plants of the genus Grindelia having resinous leaves and stems formerly used medicinally; often poisonous to livestock. | |
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| Synonyms | gumweed, gum plant, rosinweed | |
| Member of | Grindelia, genus Grindelia | large genus of coarse gummy herbs of western North and Central America |
| Narrower | Grindelia robusta | perennial gumweed of California and Baja California |
| curlycup gumweed, Grindelia squarrosa | perennial gumweed of western and central North America | |
| Broader | herb, herbaceous plant | A plant lacking a permanent woody stem |
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