[flan-l-leef] 
| the common mullein, Verbascum thapsus. |
| flannel leaf n. See mullein. |
| mul·lein (mŭl'ən) n. Any of various Eurasian plants of the genus Verbascum, especially V. thapsus, a tall plant having closely clustered yellow flowers and leaves covered with dense woolly down. Also called flannel leaf, velvet plant. [Middle English moleine, from Anglo-Norman, probably from mol, soft, from Latin mollis; see moil.] |