SIDA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Sida mean? 

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

1. large genus of tropical subshrubs or herbs some of which yield fibers of mucilaginous substances

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SIDA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Large genus of tropical subshrubs or herbs some of which yield fibers of mucilaginous substances

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Sida; Sida

Hypernyms ("Sida" is a kind of...):

dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)

Meronyms (members of "Sida"):

Sida hermaphrodita; Virginia mallow (tall handsome perennial herb of southeastern United States having maplelike leaves and white flowers)

jellyleaf; Queensland hemp; Sida rhombifolia (herb widely distributed in tropics and subtropics used for forage and medicinally as a demulcent and having a fine soft bast stronger than jute; sometimes an aggressive weed)

Indian mallow; Sida spinosa (tropical American weed having pale yellow or orange flowers naturalized in southern United States)

Holonyms ("Sida" is a member of...):

family Malvaceae; mallow family; Malvaceae (herbs and shrubs and some trees: mallows; cotton; okra)