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velvet plant
noun
1.
a composite plant, Gynura aurantiaca, native to the Old World tropics, having leaves and stems covered with dense, velvety, purple hairs and often cultivated as a houseplant. Compare purple passion.
2.
the common mullein, Verbascum thapsus.
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| velvet plant | |
noun | |
| 1. | any of various plants of the genus Verbascum having large usually woolly leaves and terminal spikes of yellow or white or purplish flowers [syn: mullein] |
| 2. | Javanese foliage plant grown for their handsome velvety leaves with violet-purple hairs |
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