| 单词 | velvet plant |
| 释义 | velvet plant (once / 1313257 pages) 1n 2n WORD FAMILY velvet plant USAGE EXAMPLESThere it is called the American Velvet Plant, or the King's Candlestick. Griffis, William Elliot, Dutch Fairy Tales for Young Folks(2010) 1 n any of various plants of the genus Verbascum having large usually woolly leaves and terminal spikes of yellow or white or purplish flowers 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper flannel leaf, mullein Verbascum blattaria, moth mullein European mullein with smooth leaves and large yellow or purplish flowers; naturalized as a weed in North America Verbascum lychnitis, white mulleindensely hairy Eurasian herb with racemose white flowers; naturalized in North America Verbascum phoeniceum, purple mulleinEurasian mullein with showy purple or pink flowers Aaron's rod, Verbascum thapsus, common mullein, flannel mullein, great mullein, torch, woolly mulleintall-stalked very woolly mullein with densely packed yellow flowers; ancient Greeks and Romans dipped the stalks in tallow for funeral torches herb, herbaceous plant a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests n Javanese foliage plant grown for their handsome velvety leaves with violet-purple hairs Syn|Hyper Gynura aurantiaca, purple velvet plant, royal velvet plant houseplant any of a variety of plants grown indoors for decorative purposes |
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