verbascum : Idioms & Phrases


genus verbascum

  • noun genus of coarse herbs and subshrubs mostly with woolly leaves
    Verbascum.
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verbascum blattaria

  • 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

  • noun densely hairy Eurasian herb with racemose white flowers; naturalized in North America
    white mullein.
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verbascum phoeniceum

  • noun Eurasian mullein with showy purple or pink flowers
    purple mullein.
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verbascum thapsus

  • 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.
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