any of a genus (Verbascum) of tall plants of the figwort family, with spikes of yellow, lavender, or white flowers
Origin of mullein
Middle English moleyne from Old French moleine from mol, soft from Classical Latin mollis: see mollifymullein
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mullein
noun
Any of various Eurasian plants of the genus Verbascum of the figwort family, especially V. thapsus, naturalized in North America, having a tall spike of yellow flowers and leaves covered with dense woolly down.
Origin of mullein
Middle English moleine from Anglo-Norman probably from mol soft from Latin mollis ; see moil .THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Noun
(plural mulleins) usually countable
Origin
14th century; Middle English moleyne, from Anglo-Norman moleine, from mol "˜soft'. The name evokes the plant's fluffy, downy leaves, also apparent in synonyms, such as feltwort, flannel leaf, and velvet plant.
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