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‖ Thapsus Bot.|ˈθæpsəs|
Also 4–5 (8) tapsus, 8 thapsos.
[med.L., a. Gr. θάψος a plant used for dyeing yellow (Dioscor.).]
An old name of the genus Verbascum, esp. of V. Thapsus, the great mullein.
a1387Sinon. Barthol. 41/2 Tapsus barbastus, flosmus idem. 1578Lyte Dodoens i. lxxxi. 119 Mulleyn is called..in Shoppes Tapsus Barbatus. 1718Rowe tr. Lucan ix. 1566 The Gummy Larch-Tree and the Thapsos there, Wound-wort and Maiden-weed perfume the Air. |