mullein, flannel leaf, velvet plant
(noun) any of various plants of the genus Verbascum having large usually woolly leaves and terminal spikes of yellow or white or purplish flowers
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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.
• Aaron's rod, cow's lungwort, feltwort, flannel leaf, velvet plant
• common mullein (Verbascum thapsus)
• Cretan mullein (Verbascum creticum)
• dark mullein (Verbascum nigrum)
• great mullein (Verbascum thapsus)
• hoary mullein (Verbascum pulverulentum)
• white mullein (Verbascum lychnitis)
• moth mullein (Verbascum blattaria)
• mullein foxglove (Dasistoma macrophylla, syn. Seymeria macrophylla)
• mullein pink (Silene coronaria, syn. Lychnis coronaria)
• mullein wave (Scopula marginepunctata)
• nettle-leaved mullein (Verbascum chaixii)
• orange mullein (Verbascum phlomoides)
• petty mullein (Primula veris)
• purple mullein (Verbascum phoeniceum)
• sage mullein, sageleaf mullein (Phlomis spp.)
• showy mullein (Verbascum speciosum)
• turkey mullein (Croton setiger, syn. Eremocarpus setiger)
• twiggy mullein (Verbascum virgatum)
• wavyleaf mullein (Verbascum sinuatum)
• white mullein (Verbascum lychnitis)
• woolly mullein (Verbascum thapsus)
Source: Wiktionary
Mul"lein, n. Etym: [OE. moleyn, AS. molegn.] (Bot.)
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 February 2025
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