mullein

/muhl-uhn/US // ˈmʌl ən //UK // (ˈmʌlɪn) //

菊花草,菊花菜,菊花,菊草

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : any of various plants belonging to the genus Verbascum, of the figwort family, native to the Old World, especially V. thapsus, a tall plant with woolly leaves and a dense spike of yellow flowers.
- : any of several similar plants.

Ain't no surer sign o' poor soil than a passel o' mullein stalks.
If I just had some mullein leaves now to make compresses with!
The mullein plant boiled in milk is liked by the patients; in watery infusion it is disagreeable, and the succus is still more so.
As much as possible, however, they were left to the mullein--a proceeding which was entirely satisfactory to themselves.
Val snatched a mullein leaf from the hill-side as she passed.