5 definitions
for Verbascum thapsus
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Hag-taper \Hag"-ta`per\ (-t[=a]`p[~e]r), n. [Cf. 1st Hag, and
Hig-taper.] (Bot.)
The great woolly mullein ({Verbascum Thapsus).
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Adam \Ad"am\, n.
1. The name given in the Bible to the first man, the
progenitor of the human race.
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2. (As a symbol) "Original sin;" human frailty.
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And whipped the offending Adam out of him. --Shak.
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Adam's ale, water. [Coll.]
Adam's apple.
1. (Bot.)
(a) A species of banana ({Musa paradisiaca). It attains a
height of twenty feet or more. --Paxton.
(b) A species of lime ({Citris limetta).
2. The projection formed by the thyroid cartilage in the
neck. It is particularly prominent in males, and is so
called from a notion that it was caused by the forbidden
fruit (an apple) sticking in the throat of our first
parent.
Adam's flannel (Bot.), the mullein ({Verbascum thapsus).
Adam's needle (Bot.), the popular name of a genus ({Yucca)
of liliaceous plants.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Mullein \Mul"lein\, n. [OE. moleyn, AS. molegn.] (Bot.)
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.
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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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Hig-taper \Hig"-ta`per\, n. [Cf. Hag-taper.] (Bot.)
A plant of the genus Verbascum ({Verbascum Thapsus); the
common mullein. [Also high-taper and hag-taper.] Hijera
From WordNet (r) 2.0 :
Verbascum thapsus
n : tall-stalked very woolly mullein with densely packed yellow
flowers; ancient Greeks and Romans dipped the stalks in
tallow for funeral torches [syn: common mullein, great
mullein, Aaron's rod, flannel mullein, woolly
mullein, torch]
