VELVETWEED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does velvetweed mean? 

• VELVETWEED (noun)
  The noun VELVETWEED 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 States

  Familiarity information: VELVETWEED used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VELVETWEED (noun)

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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 ("velvetweed" is a kind of...):

mallow (any of various plants of the family Malvaceae)

Holonyms ("velvetweed" is a member of...):

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