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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


Synonymsflannel leaf, mullein


Broader (hypernym)herb, herbaceous plant


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


Member meronymgenus Verbascum, Verbascum

2. velvet plant (plant) Javanese foliage plant grown for their handsome velvety leaves with violet-purple hairs


SynonymsGynura aurantiaca, purple velvet plant, royal velvet plant


Broader (hypernym)houseplant


Member meronymgenus Gynura, Gynura









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