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Definition of Moth mullein
1. Noun. European mullein with smooth leaves and large yellow or purplish flowers; naturalized as a weed in North America.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Moth Mullein
Literary usage of Moth mullein
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Life-zone Indicators in California by Harvey Monroe Hall, Marcos Sastre, William Hamilton Gibson, Joseph Grinnell (1919)
"This wiry spire of the pretty moth-mullein beset with its globular pods; these
brown catkins of the rib-grass plantain ; this feathery sprig of ..."
2. The Gardeners Dictionary: Containing the Methods of Cultivating and ...by Philip Miller by Philip Miller (1754)
"BLATTARIA, Moth-mullein. The Characters are ; Tie Leaves are placed alternately
... Moth-mullein with a Leaf of common Mullein, and a large yellow Flower. ..."
3. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"One kind of mullein is called moth-mullein (Verbascum ... Herbe aux mites, moth-
mullein;' Cot This renders very plausible the suggestion (in ..."
4. Life-zone Indicators in California by Harvey Monroe Hall, Marcos Sastre, William Hamilton Gibson, Joseph Grinnell (1919)
"This wiry spire of the pretty moth-mullein beset with its globular pods; these
brown catkins of the rib-grass plantain ; this feathery sprig of ..."
5. The Gardeners Dictionary: Containing the Methods of Cultivating and ...by Philip Miller by Philip Miller (1754)
"BLATTARIA, Moth-mullein. The Characters are ; Tie Leaves are placed alternately
... Moth-mullein with a Leaf of common Mullein, and a large yellow Flower. ..."
6. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"One kind of mullein is called moth-mullein (Verbascum ... Herbe aux mites, moth-
mullein;' Cot This renders very plausible the suggestion (in ..."
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