genus verbascum

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   genus of coarse herbs and subshrubs mostly with woolly leaves

   SynonymsVerbascum

   Broaderasterid dicot genus

   Part ofScrophulariaceae

Questions about genus verbascum

What does genus verbascum mean?

genus verbascum means "genus of coarse herbs and subshrubs mostly with woolly leaves".

What is another word for genus verbascum?

Close synonyms include Verbascum. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is genus verbascum a common word?

genus verbascum is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.