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Webster 1913 Edition


Mullein

Mul′lein

,
Noun.
[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.