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verbascum thapsus Spanish
verbascum thapsus 
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 "common mullein"
Examples for "common mullein"
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The plant has none of the coarse, hairy character of the common mullein.
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Great mulleins have been allowed to spring up from the gaps between the lichen-spotted tiles.
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He pronounced to be Aaron's rod, which budded and blossomed as the rose.
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It was Aaron's rod, then, and was an almond branch!
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I told you I was like Aaron's rod.
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Here, too, is part of Aaron's rod, and a lock of hair from Elisha the prophet.
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Seldom has the sceptre become an Aaron's rod, and flourished with the buds and blossoms of song.
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Tu-Kila-Kila kept the wounded hand wrapped up in a soft leaf, like a woolly mullein.
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Lastly, the Solanaceae: Verbascum thapsus, or shepherd's club; V. sinuatum, or scollop-leaved mullein.
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Verbascum Thapsus is diffused over all the country, is vastly more common here than in Germany, fide Engelmann.
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Verbascum thapsus (Scrophulariaceae).-Highlyself-fertile
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Meanwhile, feelgood stories about the torch's progress thus far continue to surface.
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The good news is that there is always a new torch lit.
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War is the torch of liberty in the hands of the people.
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Mr Donner refused to leave without getting his torch back, he said.
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By all means take a torch, but try not to use it.
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STRAFOREL rises in front of SYLVETTE, and torch-bearers appear in the background.
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There he saw his carefully hoarded reading matter set to the torch.
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Jerry was drenched in sweat and the torch trembled in his hand.
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Someone had brought in a cutting torch and done the job right.
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There remained in the square only Ivan Ogareff and the torch bearers.
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The torch had been blown out in the hand of his guide.
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He looked like a giant in the wavering light of the torch.
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From donations to spreading awareness, every person can help carry this torch.
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Apparently, fear of illness had caused the Celts to torch the building.
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The torch now put to the dried wood is in his hand.
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Here in the open there was no chance to use the torch.
