WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

velvet plant
    n 1: 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]
    2: Javanese foliage plant grown for their handsome velvety
       leaves with violet-purple hairs [syn: velvet plant, purple
       velvet plant, royal velvet plant, Gynura aurantiaca]