First Known Use: circa 1578
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abutilon
noun abu·ti·lon \ə-ˈbyü-təl-ˌän, -təl-ən\
Definition of ABUTILON
: any of a genus (Abutilon) of plants of the mallow family often having lobed leaves and solitary bell-shaped flowers
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Origin of ABUTILON
New Latin, genus name, from Arabic awbūtīlūn abutilon
Rhymes with ABUTILON
Agamemnon, anticodon, antiproton, archenteron, arrière-ban, asyndeton, automaton, Azerbaijan, Bellerophon, bildungsroman, carrying-on, diazinon, dodecagon, emoticon, encephalon, get a move on, himation, interferon, kakiemon, keep an eye on, Laocoön, mesenteron, Michoacán, millimicron, oxymoron, phenomenon, protozoon, pteranodon, put the arm on, put the make on, rear echelon, Rostov-on-Don, Saskatchewan, septentrion, set one's heart on, set one's sights on, sine qua non, steal a march on, take it out on, Taklimakan, turn one's back on, Vientiane, wipe one's boots on, zero coupon, zooplankton
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