Bot. [mod. L. ad. Arab. aubūtīlūn applied to this or an allied genus by Avicenna.] A genus of plants (N.O. Malvaceæ) with handsome yellow or white flowers veined with red.
1731. Bailey, Abuttillon [with Botanists] yellow mallows.
1865. Gayworthys, II. 202. Some tender abutilons like drops of redder gold … and little English violets.
