mullein Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun any of various plants of the genus Verbascum having large usually woolly leaves and terminal spikes of yellow or white or purplish flowers
    flannel leaf; velvet plant.

WordNet

Mul"lein noun
Etymology
OE. moleyn, AS. molegn.
Definitions
  1. (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.

Webster 1913