mullein

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mullein - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Mullein \Mul"lein\, n. [OE. moleyn, AS. molegn.] (Bot.)
     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
     .
     [1913 Webster]
  
     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.
        [1913 Webster]

mullein - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  mullein
      n 1: any of various plants of the genus Verbascum having large
           usually woolly leaves and terminal spikes of yellow or
           white or purplish flowers [syn: mullein, flannel leaf,
           velvet plant]