| NOUN | plant | common mullein, great mullein, Aaron's rod, flannel mullein, woolly mullein, torch, Verbascum thapsus | tall-stalked very woolly mullein with densely packed yellow flowers |
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| Meaning | tall-stalked very woolly mullein with densely packed yellow flowers; ancient Greeks and Romans dipped the stalks in tallow for funeral torches. | |
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| Synonyms | great mullein, Aaron's rod, flannel mullein, woolly mullein, torch, Verbascum thapsus | |
| Broader | mullein, 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 |
| Spanish | gordolobo, verbascum thapsus | |
| Catalan | verbascum thapsus, Verbascum thapsus | |
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