'velvet plant' definitions:

Any of various plants of the genus Verbascum having large usually woolly leaves and terminal spikes of yellow or white or purplish flowers [syn: mullein, flannel leaf, velvet plant]

Javanese foliage plant grown for their handsome velvety leaves with violet-purple hairs [syn: velvet plant, purple velvet plant, royal velvet plant, Gynura aurantiaca]