Verbascum thapsus
n 1: tall-stalked very woolly mullein with densely packed yellow
flowers; ancient Greeks and Romans dipped the stalks in
tallow for funeral torches [syn: {common mullein}, {great
mullein}, {Aaron's rod}, {flannel mullein}, {woolly
mullein}, {torch}, {Verbascum thapsus}]
Hag-taper \Hag"-ta`per\ (-t[=a]`p[~e]r), n. [Cf. 1st {Hag}, and
{Hig-taper}.] (Bot.)
The great woolly mullein ({Verbascum Thapsus}).
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Adam \Ad"am\, n.
1. The name given in the Bible to the first man, the
progenitor of the human race.
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2. (As a symbol) "Original sin;" human frailty.
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And whipped the offending Adam out of him. --Shak.
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{Adam's ale}, water. [Coll.]
{Adam's apple}.
1. (Bot.)
(a) A species of banana ({Musa paradisiaca}). It attains a
height of twenty feet or more. --Paxton.
(b) A species of lime ({Citris limetta}).
2. The projection formed by the thyroid cartilage in the
neck. It is particularly prominent in males, and is so
called from a notion that it was caused by the forbidden
fruit (an apple) sticking in the throat of our first
parent.
{Adam's flannel} (Bot.), the mullein ({Verbascum thapsus}).
{Adam's needle} (Bot.), the popular name of a genus ({Yucca})
of liliaceous plants.
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Mullein \Mul"lein\, 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}.
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{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.
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Hig-taper \Hig"-ta`per\, n. [Cf. {Hag-taper}.] (Bot.)
A plant of the genus {Verbascum} ({Verbascum Thapsus}); the
common mullein. [Also {high-taper} and {hag-taper}.] Hijera