velvet : Idioms & Phrases

Index

Cotton velvet

  • an imitation of velvet, made of cotton.
  • velvet in which the warp and woof are both of cotton, and the pile is of silk; also, velvet made wholly of cotton.
Webster 1913

korean velvet grass

  • noun Asiatic creeping perennial grass; introduced in southern United States as a drought-resistant lawn grass
    Zoysia tenuifolia; mascarene grass.
WordNet

Mock velvet

  • a fabric made in imitation of velvet. See Mockado.
Webster 1913

purple velvet plant

  • noun Javanese foliage plant grown for their handsome velvety leaves with violet-purple hairs
    purple velvet plant; Gynura aurantiaca; royal velvet plant.
WordNet

royal velvet plant

  • noun Javanese foliage plant grown for their handsome velvety leaves with violet-purple hairs
    purple velvet plant; Gynura aurantiaca; royal velvet plant.
WordNet

Uncut velvet

  • a fabric woven like velvet, but with the loops of the warp threads uncut.
Webster 1913

velvet ant

  • noun a solitary wasp of the family Mutillidae; the body has a coat of brightly colored velvety hair and the females are wingless
WordNet

velvet bean

  • noun the annual woody vine of Asia having long clusters of purplish flowers and densely hairy pods; cultivated in southern United States for green manure and grazing
    Bengal bean; Benghal bean; cowage; Mucuna pruriens utilis; Florida bean; Stizolobium deeringiana; Mucuna deeringiana; Mucuna aterrima.
WordNet

velvet bent

  • noun common grass with slender stems and narrow leaves
    velvet bent; brown bent; Agrostis canina; dog bent; Rhode Island bent.
WordNet

velvet bent grass

  • noun common grass with slender stems and narrow leaves
    velvet bent; brown bent; Agrostis canina; dog bent; Rhode Island bent.
WordNet

Velvet cork

  • the best kind of cork bark, supple, elastic, and not woody or porous.
Webster 1913

Velvet crab

  • a European crab (Portunus puber). When adult the black carapace is covered with a velvety pile. Called also lady crab, and velvet fiddler.
Webster 1913

Velvet dock

  • (Bot.), the common mullein.
Webster 1913

Velvet duck

  • . (Zoöl.) (a) A large European sea duck, or scoter (Oidemia fusca). The adult male is glossy, velvety black, with a white speculum on each wing, and a white patch behind each eye. (b) The American whitewinged scoter. See Scoter.
Webster 1913

Velvet flower

  • noun young leaves widely used as leaf vegetables; seeds used as cereal
    tassel flower; Amaranthus caudatus; love-lies-bleeding.
WordNet
  • (Bot.), love-lies-bleeding. See under Love.
Webster 1913

Velvet grass

  • noun tall European perennial grass having a velvety stem; naturalized in United States and used for forage
    Yorkshire fog; Holcus lanatus.
WordNet
  • (Bot.), a tall grass (Holcus lanatus) with velvety stem and leaves; called also soft grass.
Webster 1913

velvet osier

  • noun willow with long flexible twigs used in basketry
    common osier; hemp willow; Salix viminalis.
WordNet

velvet plant

  • noun any of various plants of the genus Verbascum having large usually woolly leaves and terminal spikes of yellow or white or purplish flowers
    mullein; flannel leaf.
  • noun Javanese foliage plant grown for their handsome velvety leaves with violet-purple hairs
    purple velvet plant; Gynura aurantiaca; royal velvet plant.
WordNet

Velvet runner

  • (Zoöl.), the water rail; so called from its quiet, stealthy manner of running. Prov. Eng.
Webster 1913

Velvet scoter

  • . (Zoöl.) Same as Velvet duck, above.
Webster 1913

Velvet sponge

  • . (Zoöl.) See under Sponge.
Webster 1913

velvet sumac

  • noun deciduous shrubby tree or eastern North America with compound leaves that turn brilliant red in fall and dense panicles of greenish yellow flowers followed by crimson acidic berries
    staghorn sumac; Rhus typhina; vinegar tree; Virginian sumac.
WordNet

velvet worm

  • noun any of numerous velvety-skinned wormlike carnivorous animals common in tropical forests having characteristics of both arthropods and annelid worms
    peripatus; onychophoran.
WordNet

velvet-leaf

  • noun arborescent perennial shrub having palmately lobed furry leaves and showy red-purple flowers; southwestern United States
    tree mallow; velvetleaf; Lavatera arborea.
  • noun tall annual herb or subshrub of tropical Asia having velvety leaves and yellow flowers and yielding a strong fiber; naturalized in southeastern Europe and United States
    Abutilon theophrasti; velvetleaf; China jute; velvetweed; butter-print; Indian mallow.
WordNet

velvet-textured

  • adjective satellite smooth and soft to sight or hearing or touch or taste
    velvety; velvet.
WordNet