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BUTTER-PRINT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does butter-print mean? 

BUTTER-PRINT (noun)
  The noun BUTTER-PRINT has 1 sense:

1. 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 Statesplay

  Familiarity information: BUTTER-PRINT used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BUTTER-PRINT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Abutilon theophrasti; butter-print; China jute; Indian mallow; velvet-leaf; velvetleaf; velvetweed

Hypernyms ("butter-print" is a kind of...):

mallow (any of various plants of the family Malvaceae)

Holonyms ("butter-print" is a member of...):

Abutilon; genus Abutilon (herbs or shrubs or small trees: flowering maple; Indian mallow)


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