SIDA
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)
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)