genus Abutilon

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genus Abutilon - herbs or shrubs or small trees: flowering maple; Indian mallowAbutilondilleniid dicot genus - genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbsfamily Malvaceae, mallow family, Malvaceae - herbs and shrubs and some trees: mallows; cotton; okraflowering maple - an ornamental plant of the genus Abutilon having leaves that resemble maple leavesAbutilon theophrasti, butter-print, China jute, velvetweed, Indian mallow, velvetleaf, velvet-leaf - 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