About The Word Mullein
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Mullein
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What's The Definition Of Mullein?
[n] any of various plants of the genus Verbascum having large usually woolly leaves and terminal spikes of yellow or white or purplish flowers
Synonyms | Synonyms for Mullein: flannel leaf | velvet plant Related Terms | Find terms related to Mullein: See Also | Aaron's rod | common mullein | flannel mullein | genus Verbascum | great mullein | herb | herbaceous plant | moth mullein | purple mullein | torch | Verbascum | Verbascum blattaria | Verbascum lychnitis | Verbascum phoeniceum | Verbascum thapsus | white mullein | woolly mullein Mullein In Webster's Dictionary \Mul"lein\, n. [OE. moleyn, AS. molegn.] (Bot.)
Any plant of the genus {Verbascum}. They are tall herbs
having coarse leaves, and large flowers in dense spikes. The
common species, with densely woolly leaves, is {Verbascum
Thapsus}.
{Moth mullein}. See under {Moth}.
{Mullein foxglove}, an American herb ({Seymeria macrophylla})
with coarse leaves and yellow tubular flowers with a
spreading border.
{Petty mullein}, the cowslip. --Dr. Prior.
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