mullein noun.
['mʌlɪn] Also *
mullen.
LME.[Old French moleine (mod. molène) from a Gaulish base corresp. to Breton melen, Cornish & Welsh melyn yellow.]1. Any of various tall plants of the genus
Verbascum, of the figwort family, with long spiky racemes of usu. yellow flowers and often with densely woolly leaves;
esp. (in full
great mullein),
V. thapsus.
LME.2. Any of several plants resembling these in foliage;
esp. Jerusalem sage,
Phlomis fruticosa.
L16-M18.3. =
mullein moth below.
E19.
Comb.:
mullein moth a pale brown and grey noctuid moth,
Cucullia verbasci, whose larvae feed on mullein;
mullein pink the rose campion,
Lychnis coronaria;
mullein shark =
mullein moth above;
mullein tea an infusion of mullein leaves, used medicinally;
mullein wave a white geometrid moth with pale grey markings,
Scopula marginepunctata.
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