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VELVETWEED
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I. (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
Synonyms:
Abutilon theophrasti; butter-print; China jute; Indian mallow; velvet-leaf; velvetleaf; velvetweed
Classified under:
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)
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