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common mullein | (n) tall-stalked very woolly mullein with densely packed yellow flowers; ancient Greeks and Romans dipped the stalks in tallow for funeral torches, Syn. Verbascum thapsus, great mullein, flannel mullein, torch, woolly mullein, Aaron's rod |
moth mullein | (n) European mullein with smooth leaves and large yellow or purplish flowers; naturalized as a weed in North America, Syn. Verbascum blattaria |
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, Syn. flannel leaf, velvet plant |
mullein pink | (n) an old cottage garden plant of southeastern Europe widely cultivated for its attractive white woolly foliage and showy crimson flowers, Syn. gardener's delight, dusty miller, rose campion, Lychnis coronaria |
purple mullein | (n) Eurasian mullein with showy purple or pink flowers, Syn. Verbascum phoeniceum |
white mullein | (n) densely hairy Eurasian herb with racemose white flowers; naturalized in North America, Syn. Verbascum lychnitis |
Mullein | n. [ OE. moleyn, AS. molegn. ] (Bot.) Any plant of the genus
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