velvetleaf

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

• arborescent perennial shrub having palmately lobed furry leaves and showy red-purple flowers; southwestern United States

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  velvet-leaf , velvetweed , Indian mallow , butter-print , China jute , Abutilon theophrasti , tree mallow , Lavatera arborea