毛蕊花

[ noun ]
tall-stalked very woolly mullein with densely packed yellow flowers; ancient Greeks and Romans dipped the stalks in tallow for funeral torches
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Hag-taper \Hag"-ta`per\ (-t[=a]`p[~e]r), n. [Cf. 1st {Hag}, and
{Hig-taper}.] (Bot.)
The great woolly mullein ({Verbascum Thapsus}).


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}.

{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.


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}.]

Adam \Ad"am\, n.
1. The name given in the Bible to the first man, the
progenitor of the human race.

2. (As a symbol) ``Original sin;'' human frailty.

And whipped the offending Adam out of him. --Shak.

{Adam's ale}, water. [Coll.]

{Adam's apple}.

1. (Bot.)
(a) A species of banana ({Musa paradisiaca}). It attains a
height of twenty feet or more. --Paxton.
(b) A species of lime ({Citris limetta}).

2. The projection formed by the thyroid cartilage in the
neck. It is particularly prominent in males, and is so
called from a notion that it was caused by the forbidden
fruit (an apple) sticking in the throat of our first
parent.

{Adam's flannel} (Bot.), the mullein ({Verbascum thapsus}).


{Adam's needle} (Bot.), the popular name of a genus ({Yucca})
of liliaceous plants.