Colloquial Variant guide
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noun
Any of various plants with a tall flowering stem, especially:
Verbascum thapsus, the great mullein, common mullein, or hag-taper.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: torchwort, hag-taper, common mullein, great mullein, Adam's flannel, Jacob's staff, Jupiter's staff, cow's lungwort
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Any of various plants with a tall flowering stem, especially:
Goldenrod, the Solidago genus of North American plants with yellow flowers.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Any of various plants with a tall flowering stem, especially:
Hylotelephium telephium (syn. Sedum telephium; orpine, livelong, or live-forever).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A rod-shaped molding decorated with an entwined snake, and sometimes leaves, vines, or scrolls.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: architecture
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A rod with one serpent twined around it, as used by Aaron (differing from the caduceus of Mercury, which has two serpents).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The penis.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, dated, slang, uncommon, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
tall-stalked very woolly mullein with densely packed yellow flowers; ancient Greeks and Romans dipped the stalks in tallow for funeral torches
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: common mullein, great mullein, flannel mullein, woolly mullein, torch, Verbascum thapsus
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: mullein, flannel leaf, velvet plant
History
A reference to Numbers 17:8, the Authorized / KJV translation: "And it came to pass, that on the morrow Moses went into the tabernacle of witness; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and yielded almonds." (spelling modernized).
Across languages
5 source translations are retained for this English entry.
