mullein

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: mul=lein

CIDE DICTIONARY

mullein, n. [OE. moleyn, AS. molegn.].

 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.  [1913 Webster]

Moth mullein. See under Moth. -- Mullein foxglove, an American herb (Seymeria macrophylla) with coarse leaves and yellow tubular flowers with a spreading border. -- Petty mullein, the cowslip. Dr. Prior.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

mullein, n. any herbaceous plant of the genus Verbascum, with woolly leaves and yellow flowers.

Etymology

ME f. OF moleine f. Gaulish