mullein

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

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

Έννοιες

φλόμος

Συνώνυμα

velvet plant

flannel leaf

Verbascum

great mullein

Verbascum thapsus

common mullein

flannel mullein

woolly mullein

mullein moth

Aaron’s rod

high taper

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)
/ˈmʌlɪn/
Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

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.

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