velvetleaf
IPA: vˈɛɫvʌtɫif
noun
- Any of several plants with a velvety leaf as a most notable feature.
- A tall Asian herb, of species Abutilon theophrasti, that has velvety heart-shaped leaves and yellow flowers.
- Tree mallow (Malva eriocalyx), native to Europe.
- Yellow velvetleaf (Limnocharis flava), an aquatic flowering plant native to southeast Asia.
- A succulent of species Kalanchoe beharensis, native to Madagascar, often kept as a houseplant.
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Examples of "velvetleaf" in Sentences
- Effects of fluometuron on photosynthesis, respiration and ultrastructure of developing velvetleaf seedlings
- In addition, Flexstar GT will control morningglory and velvetleaf, which tend to be tough ones for glyphosate alone.
- Your mystery plant is very pretty… the leaves look a bit like velvetleaf, which I think is in the abutilon/malva family.
- Among species characteristic of this habitat are Russian thistle, cocklebur, witchgrass, inland Sea Rocket and velvetleaf.
- Ignite also controls Palmer amaranth, woolly cupgrass, velvetleaf, cocklebur, foxtails, ragweeds and waterhemp, along with ALS-resistant and glyphosate-resistant weeds, according to Bayer.
- Cahill and his team used a tiny camera inserted through a Plexiglas tube in the bottom of the garden pot to watch a common agricultural weed, called velvetleaf, spread its roots through the soil.
- Flexstar GT not only controls the same annual weeds as glyphosate, but also several glyphosate - and ALS-resistant broadleaf weeds such as Palmer amaranth, waterhemp and ragweed plus those weeds difficult to control with glyphosate alone such as morningglory and velvetleaf.
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