(n)any of various plants of the genus Verbascum having large usually woolly leaves and terminal spikes of yellow or white or purplish flowers, Syn.flannel leaf, velvet plant
n. [ OE. moleyn, AS. molegn. ] (Bot.) Any plant of the genus Verbascum. They are tall herbs having coarse leaves, and large flowers in dense spikes. The common species, with densely woolly leaves, is Verbascum Thapsus. [ 1913 Webster ]
Moth mullein. See under Moth. -- Mullein foxglove, an American herb (Seymeria macrophylla) with coarse leaves and yellow tubular flowers with a spreading border. -- Petty mullein, the cowslip. Dr. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]