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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.
Definition 2024
mullein
mullein
English
Alternative forms
Noun
mullein (usually uncountable, plural mulleins)
- Any of several European and Asian plants, of the genus Verbascum, that have yellow flowers and downy leaves; the velvet plant.
Hyponyms
- dark mullein Verbascum nigrum
- great mullein, common mullein Verbascum thapsus
- white mullein Verbascum lychnitis
- moth mullein Verbascum blattaria
- mullein foxglove
- nettle-leaved mullein Verbascum chaixii
- orange mullein Verbascum phlomoides
- petty mullein
- purple mullein Verbascum phoeniceum
- hoary mullein Verbascum pulverulentum
- wavyleaf mullein Verbascum sinuatum
- showy mullein Verbascum speciosum
- twiggy mullein Verbascum virgatum
Translations
plants of the genus Verbascum
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