abutilon
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See also: Abutilon
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
New Latin from Arabic أَبُو طِيلُون (ʾabū ṭīlūn, “Indian mallow”).[1][2]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əˈbjuː.tɪˌlɒn/
- (US) IPA(key): /əˈbjutˌl̩ɑn/, /ˌæb.jəˈti.lɑn/
- Rhymes: -iːlɒn
- Rhymes: -uːtəlɑn
Noun[edit]
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[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 “abutilon” in Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief; William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors, The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, 2002, ISBN 978-0-19-860457-0, page 11.
- ^ “abutilon” in Christine A. Lindberg, editor, The Oxford College Dictionary, 2nd edition, New York, N.Y.: Spark Publishing, 2002, ISBN 978-1-4114-0500-4, page 6.
