MulleinWordNet Explorer

any of various plants of the genus Verbascum having large usually woolly leaves and terminal spikes of yellow or white or purplish flowers

a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests

genus of coarse herbs and subshrubs mostly with woolly leaves

European mullein with smooth leaves and large yellow or purplish flowers; naturalized as a weed in North America

densely hairy Eurasian herb with racemose white flowers; naturalized in North America

Eurasian mullein with showy purple or pink flowers

tall-stalked very woolly mullein with densely packed yellow flowers; ancient Greeks and Romans dipped the stalks in tallow for funeral torches