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Definition of Abutilon theophrasti
1. Noun. 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.
Generic synonyms: Mallow
Group relationships: Abutilon, Genus Abutilon
Lexicographical Neighbors of Abutilon Theophrasti
Literary usage of Abutilon theophrasti
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transactions of the Annual Meetings of the Kansas Academy of Science by Kansas Academy of Science, Kansas Academy of Science Meeting (1899)
"... specimen does not have the aspect of that species as I have seen it growing
in Florida. 104. Abutilon theophrasti, Medic. Suwanee county, H 196. 105. ..."
2. The American Botanist edited by Willard Nelson Clute (1907)
"Among these, moth mullein (Verbascum Blattaria), velvet leaf (Abutilon theophrasti)
great ragweed (Ambrosia trifida) and others, formerly absent or very ..."
3. Applied and Economic Botany for Students in Technical and Agricultural by Henry Kraemer (1916)
"Indian mallow, velvet leaf (Abutilon theophrasti). A common plant growing in
waste places, with velvety, heart-shaped leaves; yellow flowers; ..."
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