velvet plant

noun

1. any of various plants of the genus Verbascum having large usually woolly leaves and terminal spikes of yellow or white or purplish flowers

   Synonyms

   • mullein, flannel leaf

   Less specific

   • herb, herbaceous plant

   More specific

   • moth mullein, Verbascum blattaria, white mullein, Verbascum lychnitis, purple mullein, Verbascum phoeniceum, common mullein, great mullein, Aaron's rod, flannel mullein, woolly mullein, torch, Verbascum thapsus

   Member of

   • Verbascum, genus Verbascum

2. Javanese foliage plant grown for their handsome velvety leaves with violet-purple hairs

   Synonyms

   • purple velvet plant, royal velvet plant, Gynura aurantiaca

   Less specific

   • houseplant

   Member of

   • Gynura, genus Gynura