English-Thai Dictionary
mullein
N วัชพืช พวก Verbascum Thapsus พบ ใน อเมริกา เหนือ mullen
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
MULLEIN
Mul "lein, n. Etym: [OE. moleyn, AS. molegn.] (Bot. )
Defn: 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.
New American Oxford Dictionary
mullein
mul lein |ˈmələn ˈmələn | ▶noun a herbaceous plant of the figwort family with woolly leaves and tall spikes of yellow flowers, native to Eurasia but now widely and commonly distributed. [Genus Verbascum, family Scrophulariaceae: several species, in particular the widespread common (or great ) mullein (V. thapsus ).] ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French moleine, of Celtic origin; compare with the Breton melen, Cornish and Welsh melyn ‘yellow. ’
Oxford Dictionary
mullein
mullein |ˈmʌlɪn | ▶noun a herbaceous Eurasian plant with woolly leaves and tall spikes of yellow flowers. ●Genus Verbascum, family Scrophulariaceae: several species, in particular the common (or great ) mullein (V. thapsus ).. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French moleine, of Celtic origin; compare with Breton melen, Cornish and Welsh melyn ‘yellow ’.
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