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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mullein \Mul"lein\, n. [OE. moleyn, AS molegn.] (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}.
{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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
mullein
n : any of various plants of the genus Verbascum having large
usually woolly leaves and terminal spikes of yellow or
white or purplish flowers [syn: {flannel leaf}, {velvet
plant}]
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