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    BUTTER-PRINT

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     I. (noun) 

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    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 Statesplay

    Synonyms:

    Abutilon theophrasti; butter-print; China jute; Indian mallow; velvet-leaf; velvetleaf; velvetweed

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    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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