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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. arborescent perennial shrub having palmately lobed furry leaves and showy red-purple flowers; southwestern United States;
[syn: tree mallow, velvetleaf, velvet-leaf, 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: velvetleaf, velvet-leaf, velvetweed, Indian mallow, butter-print, China jute, Abutilon theophrasti]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Velvetleaf \Vel"vet*leaf`\, n. (Bot.) A name given to several plants which have soft, velvety leaves, as the Abutilon Avicennae, the Cissampelos Pareira, and the Lavatera arborea, and even the common mullein. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

velvet-leaf n 1: arborescent perennial shrub having palmately lobed furry leaves and showy red-purple flowers; southwestern United States [syn: tree mallow, velvetleaf, velvet-leaf, 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: velvetleaf, velvet-leaf, velvetweed, Indian mallow, butter-print, China jute, Abutilon theophrasti]