velvet plant

1. 1.

   any of various plants of the genus Verbascum having large usually woolly leaves and terminal spikes of yellow or white or purplish flowers

   Synonymsmulleinflannel leaf

   Broaderherb

   Narrowermoth mulleinwhite mulleinpurple mulleincommon mullein

   Part ofVerbascum
2. 2.

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

   Synonymspurple velvet plantroyal velvet plantGynura aurantiaca

   Broaderhouseplant

   Part ofGynura

Questions about velvet plant

What does velvet plant mean?

velvet plant means "any of various plants of the genus Verbascum having large usually woolly leaves and terminal spikes of yellow or white or purplish flowers". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for velvet plant?

Close synonyms include mullein, flannel leaf, purple velvet plant, royal velvet plant, Gynura aurantiaca. 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 velvet plant a common word?

velvet plant is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.