Definify.com
Webster 1913 Edition
Abutilon
A-bu′ti-lon
,Noun.
[Ar.
aubūtīlūn
.] (Bot.)
A genus of malvaceous plants of many species, found in the torrid and temperate zones of both continents; – called also
Indian mallow
. Definition 2024
Abutilon
Abutilon
See also: abutilon
Translingual
Proper noun
Abutilon n
- A taxonomic genus within the family Malvaceae – broadleaf flowering plants in the mallow family found in the torrid and temperate zones.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, eurosids II - clades; Malvales - order; Malvaceae - family; Malvoideae - subfamily
Hyponyms
- (genus): Abutilon theophrasti. See Abutilon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia for others.
abutilon
abutilon
See also: Abutilon
English
Noun
abutilon (plural abutilons)
- Any of the various tropical flowering plants, of the genus Abutilon, such as the flowering maple, Indian mallow, or Chinese lantern. [First attested in the late 16th century.][1]
References
- 1 2 Lesley Brown (editor), The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition (Oxford University Press, 2003 [1933], ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7), page 11
- ↑ Christine A. Lindberg (editor), The Oxford College Dictionary, 2nd edition (Spark Publishing, 2007 [2002], ISBN 978-1-4114-0500-4), page 6