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Meanings of common mullein in English

Portuguese
verbascum thapsus
Spanish
verbascum thapsus
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Tall-stalked very woolly mullein with densely packed yellow flowers; ancient Greeks and Romans dipped the stalks in tallow for funeral torches.

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      Examples for "torch"
      Examples for "torch"
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      Meanwhile, feelgood stories about the torch's progress thus far continue to surface.
      The Guardian
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      The good news is that there is always a new torch lit.
      The Rational Optimist
      3
      War is the torch of liberty in the hands of the people.
      Arms and the Woman
      4
      Mr Donner refused to leave without getting his torch back, he said.
      Radio NZ
      5
      By all means take a torch, but try not to use it.
      The Guardian
      1
      AARON'S ROD, the popular name given to various tall flowering plants ('' hag taper,', ''golden rod,'' &c.).
      The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia, Volume 1 of 28
      1
      Great mulleins have been allowed to spring up from the gaps between the lichen-spotted tiles.
      Wanderings by Southern Waters, Eastern Aquitaine
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      He pronounced to be Aaron's rod, which budded and blossomed as the rose.
      The Mysteries of Free Masonry / Containing All the Degrees of th...
      2
      It was Aaron's rod, then, and was an almond branch!
      The Story of Waitstill Baxter
      3
      I told you I was like Aaron's rod.
      A Village Ophelia and Other Stories
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      Here, too, is part of Aaron's rod, and a lock of hair from Elisha the prophet.
      The White Company
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      Seldom has the sceptre become an Aaron's rod, and flourished with the buds and blossoms of song.
      Specimens with Memoirs of the Less-known British Poets, Volume 1
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      Tu-Kila-Kila kept the wounded hand wrapped up in a soft leaf, like a woolly mullein.
      The Great Taboo
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      Lastly, the Solanaceae: Verbascum thapsus, or shepherd's club; V. sinuatum, or scollop-leaved mullein.
      Bramble-Bees and Others
      2
      Verbascum Thapsus is diffused over all the country, is vastly more common here than in Germany, fide Engelmann.
      More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 / A Record of His Work...
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      Verbascum thapsus (Scrophulariaceae).-Highlyself-fertile
      The Effects of Cross & Self-Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingd...
      Usage of common mullein in English
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      The plant has none of the coarse, hairy character of the common mullein.
      The Writings of John Burroughs — Volume 05: Pepacton
      Translations for common mullein