abutilon

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

New Latin from Arabic أَبُو طِيلُون‎ (ʾabū ṭīlūn, “Indian mallow”).[1][2]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

abutilon (plural abutilons)

  1. 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[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lesley Brown (editor), The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition (Oxford University Press, 2003 [1933], →ISBN), page 11
  2. ^ “abutilon” in Christine A. Lindberg, editor, The Oxford College Dictionary, 2nd edition, New York, N.Y.: Spark Publishing, 2002, →ISBN, page 6.

Anagrams[edit]

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