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BUTTER-PRINT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does butter-print mean?
• BUTTER-PRINT (noun)
The noun BUTTER-PRINT has 1 sense:
1. 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
Familiarity information: BUTTER-PRINT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Abutilon theophrasti; butter-print; China jute; Indian mallow; velvet-leaf; velvetleaf; velvetweed
Hypernyms ("butter-print" is a kind of...):
mallow (any of various plants of the family Malvaceae)
Holonyms ("butter-print" is a member of...):
Abutilon; genus Abutilon (herbs or shrubs or small trees: flowering maple; Indian mallow)
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