PURPLE VELVET PLANT

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Meaning:

Javanese foliage plant grown for their handsome velvety leaves with violet-purple hairs

Synonyms:

Gynura aurantiaca; purple velvet plant; royal velvet plant; velvet plant

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("purple velvet plant" is a kind of...):

houseplant (any of a variety of plants grown indoors for decorative purposes)

Holonyms ("purple velvet plant" is a member of...):

genus Gynura; Gynura (genus of Old World tropical herbs: velvet plants)

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