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INDIAN MALLOW
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
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
Synonyms:
Abutilon theophrasti; butter-print; China jute; Indian mallow; velvet-leaf; velvetleaf; velvetweed
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Indian mallow" is a kind of...):
mallow (any of various plants of the family Malvaceae)
Holonyms ("Indian mallow" is a member of...):
Abutilon; genus Abutilon (herbs or shrubs or small trees: flowering maple; Indian mallow)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Tropical American weed having pale yellow or orange flowers naturalized in southern United States
Synonyms:
Indian mallow; Sida spinosa
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("Indian mallow" is a kind of...):
mallow (any of various plants of the family Malvaceae)
Holonyms ("Indian mallow" is a member of...):
genus Sida; Sida (large genus of tropical subshrubs or herbs some of which yield fibers of mucilaginous substances)
