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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Sida \Si"da\, noun [NL., fr. Gr. ??? a kind of plant.] (Bot.) A genus of malvaceous plants common in the tropics. All the species are mucilaginous, and some have tough ligneous fibers which are used as a substitute for hemp and flax. --Balfour (Cyc. of India).
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
Sida
noun: large genus of tropical subshrubs or herbs some of which yield fibers of mucilaginous substances [syn: {genus Sida}]
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