(n.) A name given to several plants which have soft, velvety leaves, as the Abutilon Avicennae, the Cissampelos Pareira, and the Lavatera arborea, and even the common mullein.
Example Sentences:
(1) No histopathology was associated with ingestion of 10% velvetleaf seed.
(2) The protein quality (protein efficiency ratio) of velvetleaf seed, although lower than that of casein, was higher than values reported in the literature for corn, wheat and soya.
(3) Velvetleaf seed, a common weed contaminant in grain, was fed to male and female rats (20 per group) in a 90-day subchronic feeding study.
(4) Few effects from velvetleaf seed in the diet were noted.
Velvety
Definition:
(a.) Made of velvet, or like velvet; soft; smooth; delicate.
Example Sentences:
(1) On peptone dextrose agar plate, the growth is white and velvety to cottony.
(2) Pony trekking in Glenshiel Think soft velvety noses, shaggy mains, the heady smell of saddle soap and the reassuring squeak of leather as you saddle up for a trek into the mountains on a sturdy, sure-footed Highland pony.
(3) On the surface posterior to the ventral sucker, the tegumental processes were bandlike in the metacercariae, cobblestonelike in the flukes 2 days postinfection (PI), and velvety at 3 days PI.
(4) Cystoscopic examination revealed a bladder tumor, well-demarcated, white and velvety lesion with slight elevation.
(5) They come for a taste of the unknown, something most have never tasted – the sweet, cold, velvety embrace of ice-cream.
(6) Also, M. audouinii formed microconidia and macroconidia in velvety growth cultured on SCCGA containing NaC1.
(7) Sweet-toothed regulars come for a bowl of the velvety purple açaí juice (£4), an Amazonian berry usually served overly sugared but offered pure or with guaraná syrup here.
(8) It wasn't until very recently, sipping on a malted milkshake – the velvety thick, heart-stopping American kind that comes by the jug – that I rediscovered malt.
(9) The presence of a velvety, cauliflower-like growth on the surface of a long-standing pressure sore should alert the surgeon to the possibility of malignant degeneration.
(10) During the past 18 months we have studied 36 biopsy specimens taken from 11 young men ranging in age from 21 to 36, each of whom had multiple, reddish to violaceous papules, some distinctly verrucoid or velvety on either or both the shaft and glans of the penis.
(11) South Beach, Tenby, Pembrokeshire The velvety sand on all three of Tenby's beaches is the stuff of tropical islands.
(12) The BBC are introducing the velvety charms of Thierry Henry, Milan boss Clarence Seedorf and Rio Ferdinand, if he can stop tweeting for five minutes.
(13) Like a Rolls-Royce of self-regard, Lord Baker's vanity is truly a wonder and a joy to behold – a velvety, turbo-charged vintage purr of unabashed self-congratulation.
(14) Nespresso's velvety crema and its darkling thimble of ristretto daily give me the illusion I am a sophisticated continental, living in caffeinated leisure at a pavement cafe where only lovely things – passionate dalliances, superb cakes – are on today's menu.
(15) The gastric mucosal rest presented as a velvety red patch with a distinct border, varying from a few millimeters in diameter to complete encirclement of the esophagus, was occasionally paired, and was found either at or just below the upper esophageal sphincter.
(16) The art of Jack Napthine is a powerful mix of boldly outlined locks, light bulbs and snatches of text; Julian Martin’s thick pastels give a dense velvety texture to his drawings; and Terry Williams’ soft sculptures of fridges, helicopters and video cameras are flamboyant and witty.
(17) Up a floor, from another improvised rooftop, we looked in the opposite direction to where the Tijuca rainforest climbs up the hillside in a carpet of dark velvety green.
(18) The black lesion with a velvety surface consists of very large cells packed with melanin granules of abnormal and variable density, structure and size.
(19) R. canada is typically rod-shaped, being delimited with a three-layered wall having a velvety coating adsorbed to its exterior surface.
(20) A broad spectrum of iris abnormalities was observed: the daughter had aniridia with persistent pupillary membrane strands traversing the anterior lens capsule; the iris of the mother and son had a velvety surface with no detailed crypts, but did have some persistent pupillary membrane tags extending from the collarette.