Thesaurus: mullein

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1. n. 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.
2. n. any of various plants of the genus Verbascum having large usually woolly leaves and terminal spikes of yellow or white or purplish flowers
3. 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.
4. Any plant of the genus Verbascum. They are tall herbs havingcoarse leaves, and large flowers in dense spikes. The common species,with densely woolly leaves, is Verbascum Thapsus. Moth mullein. Seeunder Moth.-- Mullein foxglove, an American herb (Seymeria macrophylla) withcoarse leaves and yellow tubular flowers with a spreading border.-- Petty mullein, the cowslip. Dr. Prior.
5. n:100 n. any of various plants of the genus Verbascum having large usually woolly leaves and terminal spikes of yellow or white or purplish flowers