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flannel leaf — 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, ↑velvet plant • Hypernyms: ↑herb, ↑herbaceous plant • Hyponyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Flannel flower — Flan nel flow er (Bot.) (a) The common mullein. (b) A Brazilian apocynaceous vine ({Macrosiphonia longiflora}) having woolly leaves. (c) An umbelliferous Australian flower ({Actinotus helianthi}), often erroneously thought to be composite. The… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
flannel-leaf — /flan l leef /, n. the common mullein, Verbascum thapsus. Also called flannel plant. [1815 25] * * * … Universalium
flannel-leaf — /flan l leef /, n. the common mullein, Verbascum thapsus. Also called flannel plant. [1815 25] … Useful english dictionary
common mullein — noun tall stalked very woolly mullein with densely packed yellow flowers; ancient Greeks and Romans dipped the stalks in tallow for funeral torches • Syn: ↑great mullein, ↑Aaron s rod, ↑flannel mullein, ↑woolly mullein, ↑torch, ↑Verbascum thapsus … Useful english dictionary
great mullein — 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, ↑Aaron s rod, ↑flannel mullein, ↑woolly mullein, ↑torch, ↑Verbascum… … Useful english dictionary
woolly mullein — 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, ↑torch, ↑Verbascum thapsus … Useful english dictionary
adam's flannel — noun Usage: usually capitalized A Etymology: so called from the texture of the leaves : mullein * * * Adam s flannel noun Mullein • • • Main Entry: ↑Adam * * * Adam s Flannel Herb. The Great Mullein (V … Useful english dictionary
purple mullein — noun Eurasian mullein with showy purple or pink flowers • Syn: ↑Verbascum phoeniceum • Hypernyms: ↑mullein, ↑flannel leaf, ↑velvet plant * * * noun : a Eurasian mullein (Verbascum phoeniceum) having show … Useful english dictionary
white mullein — noun densely hairy Eurasian herb with racemose white flowers; naturalized in North America • Syn: ↑Verbascum lychnitis • Hypernyms: ↑mullein, ↑flannel leaf, ↑velvet plant * * * noun : a densely hairy Eurasian herb ( … Useful english dictionary
