velvet plant
1velvet plant — noun 1. any of various plants of the genus Verbascum having large usually woolly leaves and terminal spikes of yellow or white or purplish flowers • Syn: ↑mullein, ↑flannel leaf • Hypernyms: ↑herb, ↑herbaceous plant • Hyponyms: ↑ …
2velvet plant — 1. a composite plant, Gynura aurantiaca, native to the Old World tropics, having leaves and stems covered with dense, velvety, purple hairs and often cultivated as a houseplant. Cf. purple passion. 2. the common mullein, Verbascum thapsus. * * * …
3purple velvet plant — noun Javanese foliage plant grown for their handsome velvety leaves with violet purple hairs • Syn: ↑velvet plant, ↑royal velvet plant, ↑Gynura aurantiaca • Hypernyms: ↑houseplant • Member Holonyms: ↑Gynura, ↑ …
4royal velvet plant — noun Javanese foliage plant grown for their handsome velvety leaves with violet purple hairs • Syn: ↑velvet plant, ↑purple velvet plant, ↑Gynura aurantiaca • Hypernyms: ↑houseplant • Member Holonyms: ↑Gynura, ↑ …
5Velvet (disambiguation) — Velvet is a particular kind of soft fabric.Velvet may also refer to: *Velvet (singer), a Swedish singer *Velvet (fish disease), a common disease of tropical aquarium fish *Velvet (plant), several plants in the Verbascum genus, especially V.… …
6velvet tree — noun see velvet plant 2 …
7velvet grass — ▪ plant also called Yorkshire fog (species Holcus lanatus) one of eight perennial grasses constituting the genus Holcus (family Poaceae), native to Europe and Africa. It has tufted flower clusters that may be white, green, pink, or purple …
8velvet bean — noun the annual woody vine of Asia having long clusters of purplish flowers and densely hairy pods; cultivated in southern United States for green manure and grazing • Syn: ↑cowage, ↑Bengal bean, ↑Benghal bean, ↑Florida bean, ↑Mucuna pruriens… …
9Velvet tamarind — Taxobox | name = Velvet tamarind regnum = Plantae divisio = Mangoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Fagales familia = Leguminosae subfamilia = Caesalpinioideae genus = Dialium species = D. indum binomial = Dialium indum binomial authority =… …
10herbaceous plant — noun a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests • Syn: ↑herb • Derivationally related forms: ↑herbal (for: ↑herb) • Hypernyms: ↑ …
