'Verbascum Thapsus' definitions:
Definition of '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 [syn: common mullein, great mullein, Aaron's rod, flannel mullein, woolly mullein, torch, Verbascum thapsus]
Definition of 'Verbascum Thapsus'
From: GCIDE
- Hig-taper \Hig"-ta`per\, n. [Cf. Hag-taper.] (Bot.) A plant of the genus Verbascum (Verbascum Thapsus); the common mullein. [Also high-taper and hag-taper.] Hijera
Definition of 'Verbascum Thapsus'
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]