English noun: velvet plant |
1. | velvet plant (plant) any of various plants of the genus Verbascum having large usually woolly leaves and terminal spikes of yellow or white or purplish flowers |
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| Synonyms | flannel leaf, mullein |
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| Broader (hypernym) | herb, herbaceous plant |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | Aaron's rod, common mullein, flannel mullein, great mullein, moth mullein, purple mullein, torch, Verbascum blattaria, Verbascum lychnitis, Verbascum phoeniceum, Verbascum thapsus, white mullein, woolly mullein |
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| Member meronym | genus Verbascum, Verbascum |
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2. | velvet plant (plant) Javanese foliage plant grown for their handsome velvety leaves with violet-purple hairs |
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| Synonyms | Gynura aurantiaca, purple velvet plant, royal velvet plant |
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| Broader (hypernym) | houseplant |
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| Member meronym | genus Gynura, Gynura |
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