white mullein

1. 1.

   densely hairy Eurasian herb with racemose white flowers; naturalized in North America

   SynonymsVerbascum lychnitis

   Broadermullein

Questions about white mullein

What does white mullein mean?

white mullein means "densely hairy Eurasian herb with racemose white flowers; naturalized in North America".

What is another word for white mullein?

Close synonyms include Verbascum lychnitis. 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 white mullein a common word?

white 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.