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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

• BUTTER-PRINT (noun)

Sense 1

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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 States

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

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

Hypernyms ("butter-print" is a kind of...):

mallow (any of various plants of the family Malvaceae)

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