Sidan.
/ˈsʌɪdə/ Botany.
A genus of malvaceous plants of a woolly or downy character, indigenous to warm climates; a plant of this genus, esp. Sida rhombifolia or Queensland hemp. Also Sida-weed.
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1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Sida, in botany, the name of a genus of plants, constituted by Linnæus [etc.].
1797 Encycl. Brit. XVII. 461/1 This description belongs chiefly to the sida; but it will also apply to the malva crispa.
1813 J. M. Good et al. Pantologia (at cited word) The following species are propagated... Rhomb-leaved sida... Great bindweed-leaved sida [etc.].
1887 C. A. Moloney Sketch Forestry W. Afr. 192 While belonging with Jute to the lower grade of textile fibres, Sida is much to be preferred.
1889 J. H. Maiden Useful Native Plants Austral. 139 Sida rhombifolia,..‘Common Sida Weed,’ ‘Queensland Hemp’.
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