English to English
noun
- arborescent perennial shrub having palmately lobed furry leaves and showy red-purple flowers; southwestern United States
source: WordNet 3.0
- 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
source: WordNet 3.0
- 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.
source: Webster 1913
