Meanings
plural great mulleins
- uncountableusuallyA common herb of Europe and neighboring Africa and Asia, but widely naturalized elsewhere, Verbascum thapsus, having a flannel-like texture from course plant hairs and a tall, straight flower stalk.
Synonyms: Aaron's rod, Adam's flannel, common mullein, cow's lungwort, hag-taper, Jacob's staff, Jupiter's staff, torch
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA common herb of Europe and neighboring Africa and Asia, but widely naturalized elsewhere, Verbascum thapsus, having a flannel-like texture from course plant hairs and a tall, straight flower stalk.
More synonyms by meaning
nountall-stalked very woolly mullein with densely packed yellow flowers; ancient Greeks and Romans dipped the stalks in tallow for funeral torches
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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great mullein. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/great%20mullein
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