great mullein
A common herb of Europe and neighboring Africa and Asia, but widely naturalized…A common herb of Europe and neighboring Africa and Asia, but widely naturalized elsewhere, Verbascum thapsus, having a flannel-like texture from course plant hairs and a tall, straight flower stalk.
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable, usually)A common herb of Europe and neighboring Africa and Asia, but widely naturalized elsewhere, Verbascum thapsus, having a flannel-like texture from course plant hairs and a tall, straight flower stalk.
More definitions
- tall-stalked very woolly mullein with densely packed yellow flowers; ancient Greeks and Romans dipped the stalks in tallow for funeral torches
Forms
plural: great mulleins| Singular | great mullein |
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uncountable
Synonyms
13 synonymstorchB2Aaron's rodAdam's flannelcommon mulleincow's lungworthag-taperJacob's staffJupiter's stafftorchwort
Close in meaning
- tall-stalked very woolly mullein with densely packed yellow flowers; ancient Greeks and Romans dipped the stalks in tallow for funeral torches:common mulleinAaron-ap-s rodflannel mulleinwoolly mulleintorchVerbascum thapsus
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable