verbascum thapsus

1. 1.

   tall-stalked very woolly mullein with densely packed yellow flowers; ancient Greeks and Romans dipped the stalks in tallow for funeral torches

   Synonymscommon mulleingreat mulleinAaron's rodflannel mulleinwoolly mulleintorch

   Broadermullein

Questions about verbascum thapsus

What does verbascum thapsus mean?

verbascum thapsus means "tall-stalked very woolly mullein with densely packed yellow flowers; ancient Greeks and Romans dipped the stalks in tallow for funeral torches".

What is another word for verbascum thapsus?

Close synonyms include common mullein, great mullein, Aaron's rod, flannel mullein, woolly mullein. 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 verbascum thapsus a common word?

verbascum thapsus 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.