Noun: common mullein
- Tall-stalked very woolly mullein with densely packed yellow flowers; ancient Greeks and Romans dipped the stalks in tallow for funeral torches
"Common mullein grew wild along the roadside";
- great mullein, Aaron's rod, flannel mullein, woolly mullein, torch, Verbascum thapsus
Type of: flannel leaf, mullein, velvet plant
Encyclopedia: Common mullein