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Definition of Abutilon
1. Noun. Herbs or shrubs or small trees: flowering maple; Indian mallow.
Generic synonyms: Dilleniid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Family Malvaceae, Mallow Family, Malvaceae
Member holonyms: Flowering Maple, Abutilon Theophrasti, Butter-print, China Jute, Indian Mallow, Velvet-leaf, Velvetleaf, Velvetweed
Definition of Abutilon
1. n. A genus of malvaceous plants of many species, found in the torrid and temperate zones of both continents; -- called also Indian mallow.
Definition of Abutilon
1. Noun. Any of various flowering plants, of the genus ''Abutilon'', such as the flowering maple or Chinese lantern ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Abutilon
1. a flowering plant [n -S]
Medical Definition of Abutilon
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Abutilon
Literary usage of Abutilon
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Window Gardener by Edward Sprague Rand (1876)
"LILT OF IHE VALLEY : Forcing in House Culture. THE abutilon. ... have given us
some new varieties of abutilon which are very valuable as window plants. ..."
2. The Canadian Entomologist by Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), Entomological Society of Ontario (1897)
"I fed them first on a species of abutilon, but as they did not take to that
readily, though eating it a little, I changed to Althea rosea. ..."
3. Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society by Horticultural Society of London (1846)
"In spring it may be re-potted and started to grow in the usual way. It strikes
very freely from cuttings. July 4, 1846. 54. abutilon ..."
4. On Buds and Stipules by John Lubbock (1899)
"312); semi-orbicular, as in Guaiacum officinale (fig. 30) ; ovate, as in Passiflora
racemosa, Hop (fig. 47), and abutilon megapotamicum; obovate, ..."
5. Flowers for the Parlor and Garden by Edward Sprague Rand (1876)
"CHAPTER XXVII. New Azaleas. — Notes on Cyclamen.—New Pelargoniums.
— Verbenas.—Heliotrope.—New Roses. — Pinks. — Fuchsias. — abutilon. — Callas.
— Cuphea. ..."
6. Outlines of Lessons in Botany: For the Use of Teachers, Or Mothers Studying by Jane Hancox Newell (1892)
"abutilon striatum.1 A very good observer declared to me from memory that this
flower was gamopetalous. If we look at the flower we shall see how she came ..."
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