mullein
/ˈmʌlɪn/noun
1- a herbaceous Eurasian plant with woolly leaves and tall spikes of yellow flowers毛蕊花。
1.1
- Genus Verbascum, family Scrophulariaceae: several species, in particular the common (or great) mullein (V. thapsus).毛蕊花属, 玄参科:数种, 尤指毛蕊花(拉丁名V. thapsus)。
词源
late Middle English: from Old French moleine, of Celtic origin; compare with Breton melen, Cornish and Welsh melyn 'yellow'.