abutilon

See also: Abutilon

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əˈbjuː.tɪˌlɒn/
  • (US) IPA(key): /əˈbjutˌl̩ɑn/, /ˌæb.jəˈti.lɑn/
  • Rhymes: -iːlɒn
  • Rhymes: -uːtəlɑn

Noun

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

  1. 1 2 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.

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