Found 2 items, similar to Verbascum Thapsus.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: Verbascum thapsus Verbascum thapsus n : tall-stalked very woolly mullein with densely packed yellow flowers; ancient Greeks and Romans dipped the stalks in tallow for funeral torches [syn: common mullein, great mullein , Aaron's rod, flannel mullein, woolly mullein , torch]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Verbascum Thapsus Hag-taper \Hag"-ta`per\ (-t[=a]`p[~e]r), n. [Cf. 1st Hag, and Hig-taper.] (Bot.) The great woolly mullein (Verbascum Thapsus). [1913 Webster] Mullein \Mul"lein\, n. [OE. moleyn, AS. molegn.] (Bot.) Any plant of the genus Verbascum. They are tall herbs having coarse leaves, and large flowers in dense spikes. The common species, with densely woolly leaves, is Verbascum Thapsus . [1913 Webster] Moth mullein. See under Moth. Mullein foxglove, an American herb (Seymeria macrophylla) with coarse leaves and yellow tubular flowers with a spreading border. Petty mullein, the cowslip. --Dr. Prior. [1913 Webster] Hig-taper \Hig"-ta`per\, n. [Cf. Hag-taper.] (Bot.) A plant of the genus Verbascum (Verbascum Thapsus); the common mullein. [Also high-taper and hag-taper.]