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.
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Mullein
//ˈmʌlɪn//
Synonyms for "mullein" (10 found)
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Noun(2 words)
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Noun(2 words)
Related words (5)
Noun(1 words)
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3 entriesTranslations
55 translations across 43 languages.
Akkadian
1 entries- 𒄑𒁍𒍢𒅔 noun (plants of the genus Verbascum)
Albanian
1 entries- lëpushë noun (plants of the genus Verbascum)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- φλόμος noun (plants of the genus Verbascum)
Arabic
1 entries- بُوصِير noun (plants of the genus Verbascum)
Aramaic
1 entries- ܒܘܨܝܢܐ noun (plants of the genus Verbascum)
Armenian
1 entries- խռնդատ noun (plants of the genus Verbascum)
Belarusian
1 entries- дзiвáнна noun (plants of the genus Verbascum)
Bulgarian
3 entries- ло́пен noun (plants of the genus Verbascum)
- лопе́н noun (plants of the genus Verbascum)
- о́вча опа́шка noun (plants of the genus Verbascum)
Catalan
3 entries- blenera noun (plants of the genus Verbascum)
- candelera noun (plants of the genus Verbascum)
- trepó noun (plants of the genus Verbascum)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 毛蕊花 noun (plants of the genus Verbascum)
Czech
1 entries- divizna noun (plants of the genus Verbascum)
Danish
1 entries- kongelys noun (plants of the genus Verbascum)
Dutch
1 entries- koningskaars noun (plants of the genus Verbascum)
Estonian
1 entries- vägihein noun (plants of the genus Verbascum)
Finnish
1 entries- tulikukka noun (plants of the genus Verbascum)
French
1 entries- molène noun (plants of the genus Verbascum)
German
1 entries- Königskerze noun (plants of the genus Verbascum)
Greek
2 entries- βερμπάσκο noun (plants of the genus Verbascum)
- φλόμος noun (plants of the genus Verbascum)
Hebrew
1 entries- בּוּצִין noun (plants of the genus Verbascum)
Ido
1 entries- verbasko noun (plants of the genus Verbascum)
Irish
3 entries- coinnle Muire noun (plants of the genus Verbascum)
- coinnle an phúca noun (plants of the genus Verbascum)
- coinnle bána noun (plants of the genus Verbascum)
Italian
1 entries- verbasco noun (plants of the genus Verbascum)
Japanese
1 entries- 毛蕊花 noun (plants of the genus Verbascum)
Kazakh
1 entries- аюқұлақ noun (plants of the genus Verbascum)
Latin
1 entries- verbascum noun (plants of the genus Verbascum)
Lithuanian
1 entries- tūbė noun (plants of the genus Verbascum)
Macedonian
1 entries- дивизма noun (plants of the genus Verbascum)
Middle English
1 entries- moleyne noun (plants of the genus Verbascum)
Navajo
1 entries- nátʼostsoh noun (plants of the genus Verbascum)
Old English
1 entries- feltwyrt noun (plants of the genus Verbascum)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- صیغیر قویروغی noun (plants of the genus Verbascum)
Polish
2 entries- dziewanna noun (plants of the genus Verbascum)
- knotnica noun (plants of the genus Verbascum)
Portuguese
1 entries- verbasco noun (plants of the genus Verbascum)
Romanian
2 entries- coada-mielului noun (plants of the genus Verbascum)
- lumânărică noun (plants of the genus Verbascum)
Russian
2 entries- коровя́к noun (plants of the genus Verbascum)
- медве́жье у́хо noun (plants of the genus Verbascum)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- divìzma noun (plants of the genus Verbascum)
- дивѝзма noun (plants of the genus Verbascum)
Slovak
1 entries- divozel noun (plants of the genus Verbascum)
Slovene
2 entries- lȗčnik noun (plants of the genus Verbascum)
- pápeževa svẹ́ča noun (plants of the genus Verbascum)
Spanish
1 entries- verbasco noun (plants of the genus Verbascum)
Turkish
1 entries- sığırkuyruğu noun (plants of the genus Verbascum)
Ukrainian
1 entries- дивина́ noun (plants of the genus Verbascum)
Upper Sorbian
1 entries- dźiwizna noun (plants of the genus Verbascum)
Welsh
1 entries- pannog noun (plants of the genus Verbascum)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
There be foure ſortes of Mulleyne, as [Pedanius] Dioſcorides writeth: wherof yͤ two firſt are white Mulleyne, and of them one is Male, and the other female: The third is blacke Mulleyne: The fourth is wilde Mulleyne. […] The white male Mulleyn (or rather Wolleyn) hath […] the whole top with his pleaſant yellow floures ſheweth like to a waxe Candell or taper cunningly wrought.
Source: wiktionary
As we all know, witches ride through the air on a broom, but sometimes their means of locomotion was a bulrush, a branch of thorn, mullein stalks, cornstalk, or ragweed, called fairies' horse in Ireland.
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