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mullein

DEFINITIONS OF: mullein

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n any of various plants of the genus Verbascum having large usually woolly leaves and terminal spikes of yellow or white or purplish flowers

Synonyms:
flannel leaf, velvet plant
Types:
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Verbascum blattaria, moth mullein
European mullein with smooth leaves and large yellow or purplish flowers; naturalized as a weed in North America
Verbascum lychnitis, white mullein
densely hairy Eurasian herb with racemose white flowers; naturalized in North America
Verbascum phoeniceum, purple mullein
Eurasian mullein with showy purple or pink flowers
Aaron's rod, Verbascum thapsus, common mullein, flannel mullein, great mullein, torch, woolly mullein
tall-stalked very woolly mullein with densely packed yellow flowers; ancient Greeks and Romans dipped the stalks in tallow for funeral torches
Type of:
herb, herbaceous plant
a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests
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