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sida

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[sahy-duh] / ˈsaɪ də /

noun

  • sidas
    plural
  1. any of a large genus Sida of tropical flowering malvaceous plants and shrubs whose fibers and secretions are of commercial value.


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When Pao-yü came to peruse it, he found, above, such medicines mentioned as sweet basil, platycodon, carraway seeds, mosla dianthera, and the like; and, below, citrus fusca and sida as well.

From Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books by Joly, H. Bencraft

No matter what internal obstruction there may be, how could she ever stand citrus and sida?

From Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books by Joly, H. Bencraft

Yes, yes," said Tony, "I will leave da organ out sida, but Anita mus' come in.

From Explorers of the Dawn by Morley, Christopher

There was also a species of sida or Indian mallow, a sort of purslain, and another small plant, that seemed, from its leaves, a mesembryanthemum, with two species of grass.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 16 by Kerr, Robert

The sidas and the melochias have singularly active properties in the torrid zone.

From Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 by Humboldt, Alexander von

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