
Limnanthes alba
Meadowfoam (Wiktionary)
English
Etymology
meadow + foam
Noun
meadowfoam (countable and uncountable, plural meadowfoams)
- Any of the plants in the genus Limnanthes, flowering annuals native to the western US, especially the white meadowfoam, Limnanthes alba, which is grown for the oil in its seeds.
- (uncountable) The industrially-useful oil produced by Limnanthes alba