'Mullein' definitions:
Definition of 'mullein'
From: WordNet
noun
Any of various plants of the genus Verbascum having large usually woolly leaves and terminal spikes of yellow or white or purplish flowers [syn: mullein, flannel leaf, velvet plant]
Definition of 'Mullein'
From: GCIDE
- 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}. [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. [1913 Webster]