mullein (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *mullein*:
NOUN	plant	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

English > *mullein*: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaning	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
Member of	Verbascum, genus Verbascum	genus of coarse herbs and subshrubs mostly with woolly leaves
Narrower	common mullein, great mullein, Aaron's rod, flannel mullein, woolly mullein, torch, Verbascum thapsus	tall-stalked very woolly mullein with densely packed yellow flowers
	moth mullein, Verbascum blattaria	European mullein with smooth leaves and large yellow or purplish flowers
	purple mullein, Verbascum phoeniceum	Eurasian mullein with showy purple or pink flowers
	white mullein, Verbascum lychnitis	densely hairy Eurasian herb with racemose white flowers
Broader	herb, herbaceous plant	A plant lacking a permanent woody stem
Spanish	candelaria, gordolobo, verbascum
Catalan	blenera, candelera

HyperDic: mullein