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mullein

or mul·len

[ muhl-uhn ]

noun

  1. any of various plants belonging to the genus Verbascum, of the figwort family, native to the Old World, especially V. thapsus, a tall plant with woolly leaves and a dense spike of yellow flowers.
  2. any of several similar plants.


mullein

/ ˈmʌlɪn /

noun

  1. any of various European herbaceous plants of the scrophulariaceous genus Verbascum, such as V. thapsus (common mullein or Aaron's rod), typically having tall spikes of yellow flowers and broad hairy leaves See also Aaron's rod
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of mullein1

1325–75; Middle English moleine < Anglo-French, perhaps derivative of mol soft < Latin mollis
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Word History and Origins

Origin of mullein1

C15: from Old French moleine, probably from Old French mol soft, from Latin mollis
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Example Sentences

Self-seeded mullein has grown up around a cracked but intact mosaic of Pegasus.

Commonly known as moth mullein for its antenna-like stamens, this species was introduced to North America in the 1800s and lives an unassuming life in fields and meadows.

On a walk Lynx found some deer scat and handed it out, and a bit of stringy inner bark too, some dead limbs, mullein stalks.

“We’d better make a fresh batch of juniper and mullein flower.”

During our hike, he had darted ahead of me with ease, disappearing around switchbacks and over bluffs and across a meadow of dry towering velvet mullein before leading me to Cedar Butte.

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