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Webster 1913 Edition
Mullein
Mul′lein
,Noun.
[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.