Mullein

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(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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mullein - 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

Aaron's rod, common mullein, flannel leaf, flannel mullein, genus Verbascum, great mullein, herb, herbaceous plant, moth mullein, purple mullein, torch, velvet plant, Verbascum, Verbascum blattaria, Verbascum lychnitis, Verbascum phoeniceum, Verbascum thapsus, white mullein, woolly mullein