PURPLE VELVET PLANT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does purple velvet plant mean? 

• PURPLE VELVET PLANT (noun)
  The noun PURPLE VELVET PLANT has 1 sense:

1. Javanese foliage plant grown for their handsome velvety leaves with violet-purple hairs

  Familiarity information: PURPLE VELVET PLANT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PURPLE VELVET PLANT (noun)

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Meaning:

Javanese foliage plant grown for their handsome velvety leaves with violet-purple hairs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Gynura aurantiaca; purple velvet plant; royal velvet plant; velvet plant

Hypernyms ("purple velvet plant" is a kind of...):

houseplant (any of a variety of plants grown indoors for decorative purposes)

Holonyms ("purple velvet plant" is a member of...):

genus Gynura; Gynura (genus of Old World tropical herbs: velvet plants)