verbascum : Idioms & Phrases
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genus verbascum
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noun genus of coarse herbs and subshrubs mostly with woolly leaves
Verbascum.
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verbascum blattaria
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noun European mullein with smooth leaves and large yellow or purplish flowers; naturalized as a weed in North America
moth mullein.
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verbascum lychnitis
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noun densely hairy Eurasian herb with racemose white flowers; naturalized in North America
white mullein.
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verbascum phoeniceum
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noun Eurasian mullein with showy purple or pink flowers
purple mullein.
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verbascum thapsus
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noun tall-stalked very woolly mullein with densely packed yellow flowers; ancient Greeks and Romans dipped the stalks in tallow for funeral torches
common mullein; woolly mullein; Aaron's rod; great mullein; torch; flannel mullein.