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mullein

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun mullein has 1 sense

mullein(n = noun.plant) flannel leaf, velvet plant - any of various plants of the genus Verbascum having large usually woolly leaves and terminal spikes of yellow or white or purplish flowers; Array

is a kind of herb, herbaceous plant

is a member of genus verbascum, verbascum

has particulars: moth mullein, verbascum blattaria, verbascum lychnitis, white mullein, purple mullein, verbascum phoeniceum, aaron's rod, common mullein, flannel mullein, great mullein, torch, verbascum thapsus, woolly mullein

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CIDE DICTIONARY

mullein, n. [OE. moleyn, AS. molegn.].

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. [1913 Webster]

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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OXFORD DICTIONARY

mullein, n. any herbaceous plant of the genus Verbascum, with woolly leaves and yellow flowers.

Etymology

ME f. OF moleine f. Gaulish

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