Dictionary
vel'vet plant"
1. a composite plant,
Gynura aurantiaca, native to the Old World tropics, having leaves and stems covered with dense, velvety, purple hairs and often cultivated as a houseplant. Cf.
purple passion.
2. the common mullein,
Verbascum thapsus.Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.