Meaning of MULLEIN
| Pronunciation: | | 'mulun
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| | Definition: | | [n] any of various plants of the genus Verbascum having large usually woolly leaves and terminal spikes of yellow or white or purplish flowers |
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| | Synonyms: | | flannel leaf, velvet plant |
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| | 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 | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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