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velvetleaf

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Velvetleaf  \Vel"vet*leaf`\,  n.  (Bot.) 
  A  name  given  to  several  plants  which  have  soft,  velvety 
  leaves,  as  the  {Abutilon  Avicenn[ae]},  the  {Cissampelos 
  Pareira},  and  the  {Lavatera  arborea},  and  even  the  common 
  mullein. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  velvetleaf 
  n  1:  arborescent  perennial  shrub  having  palmately  lobed  furry 
  leaves  and  showy  red-purple  flowers;  southwestern  United 
  States  [syn:  {tree  mallow},  {Lavatera  arborea}] 
  2:  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  [syn: 
  {velvetweed},  {Indian  mallow},  {butter-print},  {China 
  jute},  {Abutilon  theophrasti}]




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