Verbascum

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A mullein (of genus Verbascum)

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genus verbascum

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"The name Aaron’s Beard is applied to several plants; so is Aaron’s Rod, the latter name being perhaps most commonly given to the mullein, Verbascum Thapsus, because of its long, straight stem."

Etymology

Borrowed from translingual Verbascum, from Latin verbascum.

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