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velvetleaf
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun velvetleaf has 2 senses
- velvetleaf(n = noun.plant) lavatera arborea, tree mallow, velvet-leaf - arborescent perennial shrub having palmately lobed furry leaves and showy red-purple flowers; southwestern United States; Array is a member of genus lavatera, lavatera
- velvetleaf(n = noun.plant) abutilon theophrasti, butter-print, china jute, indian mallow, velvet-leaf, velvetweed - tall annual herb or subshrub of tropical Asia having velvety leaves and yellow flowers and yielding a strong fiber; naturalized in southeastern Europe and United States; Array is a kind of mallow
is a kind of bush, shrub
is a member of abutilon, genus abutilon
CIDE DICTIONARY
velvetleaf, n.
A name given to several plants which have soft, velvety leaves, as the Abutilon Avicennæ , the Cissampelos Pareira , and the Lavatera arborea , and even the common mullein. [1913 Webster]
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