velvetleaf

Other forms of velvetleaf

plural

velvetleafs·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about velvetleaf

What does velvetleaf mean?

velvetleaf means "arborescent perennial shrub having palmately lobed furry leaves and showy red-purple flowers; southwestern United States". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in velvetleaf?

velvetleaf has 4 syllables: vel-vet-le-af. The stress falls on "vet".

What is another word for velvetleaf?

Close synonyms include tree mallow, velvet-leaf, Lavatera arborea, velvet-leaf, velvetweed. 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 velvetleaf a common word?

velvetleaf 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.