moth mullein

1. 1.

   European mullein with smooth leaves and large yellow or purplish flowers; naturalized as a weed in North America

   SynonymsVerbascum blattaria

   Broadermullein

Questions about moth mullein

What does moth mullein mean?

moth mullein means "European mullein with smooth leaves and large yellow or purplish flowers; naturalized as a weed in North America".

What is another word for moth mullein?

Close synonyms include Verbascum blattaria. 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 moth mullein a common word?

moth mullein 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.