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molhah — moleyne, molhah obs. ff. mullein, mullah … Useful english dictionary
mullein — also mullen noun Etymology: Middle English moleyne, from Anglo French moleine Date: 14th century any of a genus (Verbascum) of usually woolly leaved Eurasian herbs of the snapdragon family including some that are naturalized in North America … New Collegiate Dictionary
HOPE, John Adrian Louis (1860-1908) — seventh Earl of Hopetoun and first Marquis of Linlithgow son of the sixth Earl of Hopetoun and his wife, Etheldred Anne, daughter of C. T. S. Birch Reynardson, was born at Hopetoun, Scotland, on 25 September 1860. He was educated at Eton and… … Dictionary of Australian Biography
MOLÈNE — Les fleurs du bouillon blanc (Verbascum thapsus L.; scrofulariacées), auxquelles on peut substituer celles des autres molènes, renferment un pigment jaune, des sucres, du mucilage, une saponine, un phytostérol, des traces d’huile essentielle.… … Encyclopédie Universelle
mullein — [mul′in] n. [ME moleyne < OFr moleine < mol, soft < L mollis: see MOLLIFY] any of a genus (Verbascum) of tall plants of the figwort family, with spikes of yellow, lavender, or white flowers … English World dictionary
