abutilon theophrasti

Questions about abutilon theophrasti

What does abutilon theophrasti mean?

abutilon theophrasti means "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".

What is another word for abutilon theophrasti?

Close synonyms include velvetleaf, velvet-leaf, velvetweed, Indian mallow, butter-print. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is abutilon theophrasti a common word?

abutilon theophrasti is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.