velvetleaf Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun arborescent perennial shrub having palmately lobed furry leaves and showy red-purple flowers; southwestern United States
    tree mallow; velvet-leaf; Lavatera arborea.
  2. noun 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
    Abutilon theophrasti; China jute; velvet-leaf; velvetweed; butter-print; Indian mallow.

WordNet

Vel"vet*leaf` noun
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) A name given to several plants which have soft, velvety leaves, as the Abutilon Avicennæ, the Cissampelos Pareira, and the Lavatera arborea, and even the common mullein.

Webster 1913