verbascum thapsus

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verbascum thapsus - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Hag-taper \Hag"-ta`per\ (-t[=a]`p[~e]r), n. [Cf. 1st Hag, and
     Hig-taper.] (Bot.)
     The great woolly mullein (Verbascum Thapsus).
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  Adam \Ad"am\, n.
     1. The name given in the Bible to the first man, the
        progenitor of the human race.
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     2. (As a symbol) "Original sin;" human frailty.
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              And whipped the offending Adam out of him. --Shak.
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     Adam's ale, water. [Coll.]
  
     Adam's apple.
  
     1. (Bot.)
        (a) A species of banana (Musa paradisiaca). It attains a
            height of twenty feet or more. --Paxton.
        (b) A species of lime (Citris limetta).
  
     2. The projection formed by the thyroid cartilage in the
        neck. It is particularly prominent in males, and is so
        called from a notion that it was caused by the forbidden
        fruit (an apple) sticking in the throat of our first
        parent.
  
     Adam's flannel (Bot.), the mullein (Verbascum thapsus).
        
  
     Adam's needle (Bot.), the popular name of a genus (Yucca)
        of liliaceous plants.
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  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
     .
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     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.
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  Hig-taper \Hig"-ta`per\, n. [Cf. Hag-taper.] (Bot.)
     A plant of the genus Verbascum (Verbascum Thapsus); the
     common mullein. [Also high-taper and hag-taper.] Hijera

verbascum thapsus - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Verbascum thapsus
      n 1: tall-stalked very woolly mullein with densely packed yellow
           flowers; ancient Greeks and Romans dipped the stalks in
           tallow for funeral torches [syn: common mullein, great mullein
           , Aaron's rod, flannel mullein, woolly mullein
           , torch, Verbascum thapsus]