noun
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, ↑torch, ↑Verbascum thapsus
• Hypernyms: ↑mullein, ↑flannel leaf, ↑velvet plant
Useful english dictionary. 2012.