HyperDic: common_mullein

English > 1 sense of the expression common mullein:
NOUNplantcommon mullein, great mullein, Aaron's rod, flannel mullein, woolly mullein, torch, Verbascum thapsustall-stalked very woolly mullein with densely packed yellow flowers
English > common mullein: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningtall-stalked very woolly mullein with densely packed yellow flowers; ancient Greeks and Romans dipped the stalks in tallow for funeral torches.
Synonymsgreat mullein, Aaron's rod, flannel mullein, woolly mullein, torch, Verbascum thapsus
Broadermullein, flannel leaf, velvet plantAny of various plants of the genus Verbascum having large usually woolly leaves and terminal spikes of yellow or white or purplish flowers
Spanishgordolobo, verbascum thapsus
Catalanverbascum thapsus, Verbascum thapsus

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