HyperDic: verbascum_thapsus

English > 1 sense of the expression Verbascum thapsus:
NOUNplantVerbascum thapsus, common mullein, great mullein, Aaron's rod, flannel mullein, woolly mullein, torchtall-stalked very woolly mullein with densely packed yellow flowers
English > Verbascum thapsus: 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.
Synonymscommon mullein, great mullein, Aaron's rod, flannel mullein, woolly mullein, torch
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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