mullein

Betekenis (Engels)

Any of a few hundred species of European and Asian plants, of the genus Verbascum, especially that majority that have yellow flowers.

Sinonieme

velvet plant

flannel leaf

mullen

Verbascum

great mullein

Verbascum thapsus

common mullein

flannel mullein

woolly mullein

mullein moth

Aaron’s rod

high taper

torch

verbascum

Vertalings

verbasco

molène

koningskaars

Königskerze

Verbascum

toorts

gordolobo

Königskerzen

verbasco

verbasco

Verbascum

بوصير

verbascum

verbascum

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈmʌlɪn/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: moleyne

Verwante met Bretons: melen

Verwante met Wallies: melyn

In summary

From Middle English moleyne, from Anglo-Norman moleine, which is either a Celtic borrowing and derived from Proto-Celtic *melinos (“yellow”) from *meli (“honey”) – an adjective found in Breton melen (“yellow”) and Welsh melyn (“yellow”) – or from mol (“soft”), from Latin mollis (“soft”), referencing the plant's fluffy, downy leaves, also apparent in synonyms such as feltwort, flannel leaf, and velvet plant.