mullein
pronunciation
How to pronounce mullein in British English:
UK ['mʌlɪn]
How to pronounce mullein in American English:
US ['mʌlɪn]
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- Noun:
- any of various plants of the genus Verbascum having large usually woolly leaves and terminal spikes of yellow or white or purplish flowers
Word Origin
- mullein (n.)
- tall plant of the figwort family, mid-15c., from Anglo-French moleine (French moulaine), perhaps literally "the soft-leaved plant," from French mol "soft," from Latin mollis (see melt (v.))
Example
- 1. Mullein oil can be used to treat ear infections .
- 2. 1 / 16 A bumblebee loaded with orange pollen load flies to to mullein flower , part of the verbascum genus