Pronunciation: ' me-( ˌ )d ō - ˌ f ō m
Function: noun
Date: 1897
: any of a genus ( Limnanthes of the family Limnanthaceae) of annual herbs of the Pacific coast of No. America having white or yellow flowers and including some (as L. alba ) grown for their seeds which yield an oil used chiefly as an industrial lubricant and in cosmetics