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mulleins

mulleins is the plural of mullein.

Meaning of mullein

Noun

mullein (usually uncountable, plural mulleins)

  1. (usually) Any of a few hundred species of European and Asian plants, of the genus Verbascum, especially that majority that have yellow flowers.
    • There be foure ſortes of Mulleyne, as [Pedanius] Dioſcorides writeth: wherof yͤ two firſt are white Mulleyne, and of them one is Male, and the other female: The third is blacke Mulleyne: The fourth is wilde Mulleyne. […] The white male Mulleyn (or rather Wolleyn) hath […] the whole top with his...1578, Rembert Dodoens, “Of Mulleyne⸝ or Hyg[h]taper”, in Henry Lyte, transl., A Niewe Herball, or Historie of Plantes: […], London: […] [Henry [i.e., Hendrik van der] Loë for] Gerard Dewes, […]...
    Synonyms:
    Aaron's rod, cow's lungwort, feltwort, flannel leaf, velvet plant

Phrases with mulleins

Questions about mulleins

What is mulleins the plural of?
Mulleins is the plural of mullein.

Words near mulleins in the dictionary

  1. mulled
  2. mulled over
  3. mulled wine
  4. mulled wines
  5. mullein
  6. mulleins
  7. mullen
  8. Mullen test
  9. Mullen tests
  10. Mullendore
  11. Mullendores

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