mulleinn.

Brit.

/ˈmʌlᵻn/,

/ˈmʌleɪn/, U.S.

/ˈməl(ə)n/

Forms: late Middle English molayn, late Middle English moleine, late Middle English moleyn, late Middle English moline, late Middle English moloyne, late Middle English molyn, late Middle English molyue (transmission error), late Middle English–1500s molayne, late Middle English–1500s molen, late Middle English–1500s moleyne, 1500s molin, 1500s mollen, 1500s mulleyn, 1500s mulleyne, 1500s–1600s mulleine, 1500s–1600s mullin, 1500s– mullein, 1500s– (1700s–1800s U.S.) mullen.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French moleine.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Old French moleine (13th cent. in Old French; French molène (1765); 1611 in Cotgrave as moulaine ); further etymology uncertain and disputed (see note below). Compare mullet n.⁵ Trésor de la langue française s.v. Molène suggests that Anglo-Norman and Old French moleine is < mou , mol , molle soft (see moll adj.) + -eine (in verveine vervain n.), with reference to the thick, woolly down that covers the plant's leaves. A Celtic origin has been suggested for the French word, connected with Breton melen , Cornish melyn , Old Welsh melin , (Welsh melyn ; perhaps compare also Gallo-Latin melinus black) in allusion to the yellow flowers of the most common variety of the plant, although this is probably less likely. It is unlikely that an earlier example of the word is shown by the following (a compound with grass n.¹ would be very unusual for a word denoting a dicotyledonous plant):a1400 in D. A. Trotter Multilingualism in Later Medieval Brit. (2000) 141 Pernés mulene-gras and stamp it weel wit freis schepus-talw.

1. Any of various plants of the genus Verbascum (family Scrophulariaceae), typically with rosettes of greyish woolly leaves and tall erect racemes of flowers; esp. (in full common mullein, great mullein) the yellow-flowered V. thapsus.candlewick, moth, purple mullein: see the first element.

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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Scrophulariaceae (figwort and allies) > [noun] > mullein

feltwortc1000

verbascumOE

Thapsusa1400

mullein?a1425

hag taper1526

high-taper1526

tapsebarbe1526

lungwort1538

torch1552

moth mullein1578

wolleyn1578

woollen1578

hedge-taper1579

wool-blade1585

bullock's lungwort1597

candlewick mullein1597

mullet1597

torch-herb1598

taperwort1601

torchwort1647

Jupiter's staff1664

cow's lungwort1777

shepherd's club1790

woollens1800

flannel-leaf1821

Adam's flannel1828

flannel-plant1849

king's taper1858

torch-blade1861

velvet-dock1863

Jacob's staff1879

shepherd's staff1882

wool-plant1883

shepherd's gourd1896

?a1425 MS Hunterian 95 f. 154 (MED) Þe croppes of moline smal grounden..is a good medycine.

Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 342 Moleyne [?a1475 Winch. Moleyn], herbe tapsus.

c1450 Med. Recipes (BL Add. 33996) in F. Heinrich Mittelengl. Medizinbuch (1896) 120 Take molyn & styue hit in good red wyn.

?a1500 in G. Henslow Med. Wks. 14th Cent. (1899) 42 Take molyue [read molyne], hockys and sexfrage and make a lauoyre and do hit in a vessel hockys and sexfrage and þat he may sitte Inne.

1548 W. Turner Names of Herbes sig. G.vij Verbascum is called..in englishe Mullen higgis taper or Longe wurt.

1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball i. lxxxi. 118 There be foure sortes of Mulleyne,..wherof y^e two first are white Mulleyne..: The third is blacke Mulleyne: The fourth is wilde Mulleyne.

1659 R. Lovell Παμβοτανολογια 318 The leaves of the common mullein are by the husband-men of Kent given to their cattle, against the cough.

1678 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Jupiter's Distaffe, a kind of Clary with a Yellow flower; it is otherwise called Mullein.

1782 J. Scott Poet. Wks. 97 And golden spikes the downy mulleins rear.

1799 C. B. Brown Edgar Huntly III. xxi. 34 A wild heath..adorned with the dry stalks of scented shrubs and the bald heads of the sapless mullen.

1851 H. B. Stowe Pearl of Orr's Island 8 Only savins and mullens with their dark pyramids or white spires of velvet leaves, diversified the sandy wayside.

1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. (at cited word) Great Torch Mullein, Verbascum thapsus.

1943 A. J. M. Smith Bk. Canad. Poetry v. 345 Here are signs that another has come this way: A broken mullein spike, a trodden leaf.

1958 R. Liddell Morea ii. i. 39 All over the plateau grow mulleins, bright yellow thistles, scabious and larkspur.

1991 Times 17 Sept. 16/2 The woolly spires of great mullein have grown to seven or eight feet in this summer of tall plants.

†2. With distinguishing word: any of several plants with foliage resembling that of a mullein; esp. Jerusalem sage, Phlomis fruticosa (also called sage mullein). Obsolete.

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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > labiate plant or plants > [noun] > phlomis

sage mullein1562

mullein1578

sage of Jerusalem1578

French sage1597

Jupiter's distaff1597

phlome1715

Jerusalem sage1736

sage tree1736

Phlomis1754

1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball i. lxxxiii. 122 Of Petie Mulleyn or the kindes of Primeroses.

1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 625 Verbascum Mathioli. French Sage... Wilde Mullein, woodie Mullein, Mathiolus his Mullein... In English it is generally called French Sage, we may call it Sage Mullein.

1629 J. Parkinson Paradisi in Sole xxv. 247 In some countries they call them Paigles, or Palsieworts, or Petty Mulleins, which are called Cowslips in others.

1659 R. Lovell Παμβοτανολογια 318 Wooddy Mullein. K[nown] as the French and lesser French sage, with the Syrian sage-leafed mullein.

1754 Catal. Seeds in H. Rose & L. Shaw Geneal. Deduction Family Rose of Kilravock (1848) 427 Phlomis (Sage-leaf Mullein).

3. A pale brown and grey noctuid moth, Cucullia verbasci, whose larvae feed on mullein; = mullein moth n. at Compounds 2.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Noctuidae > genus Noctua or Cucullia > cucullia verbasci (mullein)

mullein1819

mullein moth1827

mullein shark1885

1819 G. Samouelle Entomologist's Compend. 419 Noctua Verbasci. The Mullein.

1868 F. O. Morris Brit. Moths III. 30 Cucullia Verbasci. Mullein.

1958 W. J. Stokoe Caterpillars Brit. Moths I. 348 The Mullein... Except for an occasional capture, this species is rarely seen in the open.

1984 B. Skinner Moths Brit. Isles 108/2 The Mullein. Cucullia verbasci... Resident. Comes to light in small numbers.

Compounds

C1.

a. General attributive.

mullein leaf n.

ΚΠ

?a1425 (?1373) Lelamour Herbal (1938) f. 30^v Lay vpon the wondes þe levis of rede cawle oþer of molayne leuys.

1860 Ladies' Repository June 337/1 The little girl plucked a mullein leaf from a stalk near by and curled it into a cup,..filling it with water.

1986 J. Cox Spirit of Gardening 22 Mullein leaves are surprisingly soft and warm.

mullein plant n.

ΚΠ

1830 J. F. Watson Ann. Philadelphia 470 They [sc. the earliest Swedish settlers] called the mullein plant the Indian tobacco; they tied it round their arms and feet, as a cure when they had the ague.

2000 South Bend (Indiana) Tribune (Nexis) 12 Aug. c2 But the plants filling the wheelbarrow weren't my idea of weeds at all. There were several husky, five-foot-tall mullein plants, yanked by the roots.

mullein stalk n.

ΚΠ

1869 L. M. Alcott Little Women II. iii. 32 A stump, one mushroom, and a broken mullein stalk.

1913–36 R. Frost Poems (1969) O'ernight 'twixt mullein stalks a wheel of thread And straining cables wet with dew.

mullein weed n.

ΚΠ

1847 J. W. Abert in W. H. Emory Notes Mil. Reconnaissance (1848) 386 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (30th Congr., 1st Sess.: House of Representatives Exec. Doc. 41) IV The bluebird was there with his sprightly notes, and the meadow lark, perched on some tall mullein weed.

1996 Des Moines (Iowa) Reg. (Nexis) 21 July 3 Among my prizes was a 7-foot thistle with a capacity for grabbing anyone who got too close. Even taller mullein weeds..had an intimidating quality that let them live unmolested.

b. Similative.

mullein-leaved adj.

ΚΠ

1822 S. Clarke Hortus Anglicus II. 75 Mullein-leaved Iron Wort.

C2.

mullein foxglove n. a plant of the eastern United States, Dasistoma macrophylla (family Scrophulariaceae).

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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Scrophulariaceae (figwort and allies) > [noun] > other plants of the Scrophulariaceae

Bartsia1753

Mimulus1754

goatweed1756

painted cup1776

mullein foxglove1856

1856 A. Gray Man. Bot. Northern U.S. (ed. 2) 292 S[eymeria] macrophylla, Nutt. (Mullein-Foxglove.)

1884 W. Miller Dict. Eng. Names Plants 250/1 Seymeria macrophylla, Mullein-Fox-Glove.

1979 New Phytologist 83 483 (table) Dasistoma macrophylla... Mullein foxglove.

mullein moth n. = sense 3.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Noctuidae > genus Noctua or Cucullia > cucullia verbasci (mullein)

mullein1819

mullein moth1827

mullein shark1885

1827 J. F. Stephens Catal. Brit. Insects II. 102 Mullein M[oth].

1993 Garden Answers May 24/4 Last summer a verbascum..was suddenly devastated by a large, colourful caterpillar which turned out to be the larva of the mullein moth.

mullein pink n. rose campion, Lychnis coronaria.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > campions and catchflies

rose campion1530

jagged pink1574

cuckoo-gilliflower1578

flower Constantinople1578

marsh gilliflower1578

wild William1578

crow-flower1597

gardener's delight1597

nonsuch1597

cuckoo-flower1629

fair maid of France1629

meadow pink1660

Bristol Non-such1668

flower of Bristol1672

knight-cross1725

ragged robin1731

fair maid of Kent1813

flower of Jove1840

mullein pink1840

fire pink1848

sticky catchfly1908

1840 C. Dewey Rep. Herbaceous Flowering Plants Mass. 87 Agrostemma coronaria. Mullein Pink. Named from its woolly leaves, bearing white or red flowers..a native of Italy.

1925 Amer. Midland Naturalist 9 405 Lychnis coronaria L. Mullein Pink.

1991 Shepherd's Garden Seeds Catal. 85/1 Also known as mullein-pink. Once established, rose campion's big, many stemmed plants bear masses of velvety-textured silver-gray leaves.

mullein shark n. = sense 3.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Noctuidae > genus Noctua or Cucullia > cucullia verbasci (mullein)

mullein1819

mullein moth1827

mullein shark1885

1885 Cassell's Encycl. Dict. V. i Mullein-shark, a moth, Cucullia verbasci, the caterpillar of which feeds on mullein.

1971 Country Life 26 Aug. 496/2 I plunged in with the object of catching mullein shark caterpillars before they ruined the mulleins' foliage.

mullein tea n. an infusion of mullein leaves, used medicinally.

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the world > food and drink > drink > infused leaves, flowers, or fruit > [noun] > others

coltsfoota1627

sage tea?1706

pippin tea1709

lemon-tea1725

foltron1748

camomile-tea1753

sassafras tea1783

spruce tea1783

mountain tea1785

cow-slip tea1796

miserable1842

peppermint tea1844

violet tea1853

Swiss tea1860

coffee-tea1866

Jesuits' tea1866

St. Helena tea1875

cotton-leaf tea1881

tamarind watera1883

tamarind tea1883

mullein tea1887

rosehip tea1947

1887 J. C. Harris Free Joe (1888) 193 She sent me word to make me some mullein-tea.

1945 L. Lenski Strawberry Girl xiv. 171 She went to the kitchen to make some mullein tea and other healing brews.

1976 N.Y. Times Mag. 10 Oct. 111/2 And the cures, from mullein tea to Black Draught.

mullein wave n. a pale grey speckled geometrid moth, Scopula marginepunctata.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Lymantriidae > acidalia promutata

mullein wave1832

1832 J. Rennie Conspectus Butterflies & Moths Brit. 140 The Mullein Wave P[tychopoda] incanata, Stephens) appears the end of June and in the autumn.

1869 E. Newman Illustr. Nat. Hist. Brit. Moths 80 The Mullein Wave (Acidalia promutata).

1961 R. South Moths Brit. Isles II. 99 The Mullein Wave... This species exhibits more variation than is usual in this group.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mullein
释义	mulleinn. Brit. /ˈmʌlᵻn/, /ˈmʌleɪn/, U.S. /ˈməl(ə)n/ Forms: late Middle English molayn, late Middle English moleine, late Middle English moleyn, late Middle English moline, late Middle English moloyne, late Middle English molyn, late Middle English molyue (transmission error), late Middle English–1500s molayne, late Middle English–1500s molen, late Middle English–1500s moleyne, 1500s molin, 1500s mollen, 1500s mulleyn, 1500s mulleyne, 1500s–1600s mulleine, 1500s–1600s mullin, 1500s– mullein, 1500s– (1700s–1800s U.S.) mullen. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French moleine. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Old French moleine (13th cent. in Old French; French molène (1765); 1611 in Cotgrave as moulaine ); further etymology uncertain and disputed (see note below). Compare mullet n.⁵ Trésor de la langue française s.v. Molène suggests that Anglo-Norman and Old French moleine is < mou , mol , molle soft (see moll adj.) + -eine (in verveine vervain n.), with reference to the thick, woolly down that covers the plant's leaves. A Celtic origin has been suggested for the French word, connected with Breton melen , Cornish melyn , Old Welsh melin , (Welsh melyn ; perhaps compare also Gallo-Latin melinus black) in allusion to the yellow flowers of the most common variety of the plant, although this is probably less likely. It is unlikely that an earlier example of the word is shown by the following (a compound with grass n.¹ would be very unusual for a word denoting a dicotyledonous plant):a1400 in D. A. Trotter Multilingualism in Later Medieval Brit. (2000) 141 Pernés mulene-gras and stamp it weel wit freis schepus-talw. 1. Any of various plants of the genus Verbascum (family Scrophulariaceae), typically with rosettes of greyish woolly leaves and tall erect racemes of flowers; esp. (in full common mullein, great mullein) the yellow-flowered V. thapsus.candlewick, moth, purple mullein: see the first element. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Scrophulariaceae (figwort and allies) > [noun] > mullein feltwortc1000 verbascumOE Thapsusa1400 mullein?a1425 hag taper1526 high-taper1526 tapsebarbe1526 lungwort1538 torch1552 moth mullein1578 wolleyn1578 woollen1578 hedge-taper1579 wool-blade1585 bullock's lungwort1597 candlewick mullein1597 mullet1597 torch-herb1598 taperwort1601 torchwort1647 Jupiter's staff1664 cow's lungwort1777 shepherd's club1790 woollens1800 flannel-leaf1821 Adam's flannel1828 flannel-plant1849 king's taper1858 torch-blade1861 velvet-dock1863 Jacob's staff1879 shepherd's staff1882 wool-plant1883 shepherd's gourd1896 ?a1425 MS Hunterian 95 f. 154 (MED) Þe croppes of moline smal grounden..is a good medycine. Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 342 Moleyne [?a1475 Winch. Moleyn], herbe tapsus. c1450 Med. Recipes (BL Add. 33996) in F. Heinrich Mittelengl. Medizinbuch (1896) 120 Take molyn & styue hit in good red wyn. ?a1500 in G. Henslow Med. Wks. 14th Cent. (1899) 42 Take molyue [read molyne], hockys and sexfrage and make a lauoyre and do hit in a vessel hockys and sexfrage and þat he may sitte Inne. 1548 W. Turner Names of Herbes sig. G.vij Verbascum is called..in englishe Mullen higgis taper or Longe wurt. 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball i. lxxxi. 118 There be foure sortes of Mulleyne,..wherof y^e two first are white Mulleyne..: The third is blacke Mulleyne: The fourth is wilde Mulleyne. 1659 R. Lovell Παμβοτανολογια 318 The leaves of the common mullein are by the husband-men of Kent given to their cattle, against the cough. 1678 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Jupiter's Distaffe, a kind of Clary with a Yellow flower; it is otherwise called Mullein. 1782 J. Scott Poet. Wks. 97 And golden spikes the downy mulleins rear. 1799 C. B. Brown Edgar Huntly III. xxi. 34 A wild heath..adorned with the dry stalks of scented shrubs and the bald heads of the sapless mullen. 1851 H. B. Stowe Pearl of Orr's Island 8 Only savins and mullens with their dark pyramids or white spires of velvet leaves, diversified the sandy wayside. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. (at cited word) Great Torch Mullein, Verbascum thapsus. 1943 A. J. M. Smith Bk. Canad. Poetry v. 345 Here are signs that another has come this way: A broken mullein spike, a trodden leaf. 1958 R. Liddell Morea ii. i. 39 All over the plateau grow mulleins, bright yellow thistles, scabious and larkspur. 1991 Times 17 Sept. 16/2 The woolly spires of great mullein have grown to seven or eight feet in this summer of tall plants. †2. With distinguishing word: any of several plants with foliage resembling that of a mullein; esp. Jerusalem sage, Phlomis fruticosa (also called sage mullein). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > labiate plant or plants > [noun] > phlomis sage mullein1562 mullein1578 sage of Jerusalem1578 French sage1597 Jupiter's distaff1597 phlome1715 Jerusalem sage1736 sage tree1736 Phlomis1754 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball i. lxxxiii. 122 Of Petie Mulleyn or the kindes of Primeroses. 1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 625 Verbascum Mathioli. French Sage... Wilde Mullein, woodie Mullein, Mathiolus his Mullein... In English it is generally called French Sage, we may call it Sage Mullein. 1629 J. Parkinson Paradisi in Sole xxv. 247 In some countries they call them Paigles, or Palsieworts, or Petty Mulleins, which are called Cowslips in others. 1659 R. Lovell Παμβοτανολογια 318 Wooddy Mullein. K[nown] as the French and lesser French sage, with the Syrian sage-leafed mullein. 1754 Catal. Seeds in H. Rose & L. Shaw Geneal. Deduction Family Rose of Kilravock (1848) 427 Phlomis (Sage-leaf Mullein). 3. A pale brown and grey noctuid moth, Cucullia verbasci, whose larvae feed on mullein; = mullein moth n. at Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Noctuidae > genus Noctua or Cucullia > cucullia verbasci (mullein) mullein1819 mullein moth1827 mullein shark1885 1819 G. Samouelle Entomologist's Compend. 419 Noctua Verbasci. The Mullein. 1868 F. O. Morris Brit. Moths III. 30 Cucullia Verbasci. Mullein. 1958 W. J. Stokoe Caterpillars Brit. Moths I. 348 The Mullein... Except for an occasional capture, this species is rarely seen in the open. 1984 B. Skinner Moths Brit. Isles 108/2 The Mullein. Cucullia verbasci... Resident. Comes to light in small numbers. Compounds C1. a. General attributive. mullein leaf n. ΚΠ ?a1425 (?1373) Lelamour Herbal (1938) f. 30^v Lay vpon the wondes þe levis of rede cawle oþer of molayne leuys. 1860 Ladies' Repository June 337/1 The little girl plucked a mullein leaf from a stalk near by and curled it into a cup,..filling it with water. 1986 J. Cox Spirit of Gardening 22 Mullein leaves are surprisingly soft and warm. mullein plant n. ΚΠ 1830 J. F. Watson Ann. Philadelphia 470 They [sc. the earliest Swedish settlers] called the mullein plant the Indian tobacco; they tied it round their arms and feet, as a cure when they had the ague. 2000 South Bend (Indiana) Tribune (Nexis) 12 Aug. c2 But the plants filling the wheelbarrow weren't my idea of weeds at all. There were several husky, five-foot-tall mullein plants, yanked by the roots. mullein stalk n. ΚΠ 1869 L. M. Alcott Little Women II. iii. 32 A stump, one mushroom, and a broken mullein stalk. 1913–36 R. Frost Poems (1969) O'ernight 'twixt mullein stalks a wheel of thread And straining cables wet with dew. mullein weed n. ΚΠ 1847 J. W. Abert in W. H. Emory Notes Mil. Reconnaissance (1848) 386 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (30th Congr., 1st Sess.: House of Representatives Exec. Doc. 41) IV The bluebird was there with his sprightly notes, and the meadow lark, perched on some tall mullein weed. 1996 Des Moines (Iowa) Reg. (Nexis) 21 July 3 Among my prizes was a 7-foot thistle with a capacity for grabbing anyone who got too close. Even taller mullein weeds..had an intimidating quality that let them live unmolested. b. Similative. mullein-leaved adj. ΚΠ 1822 S. Clarke Hortus Anglicus II. 75 Mullein-leaved Iron Wort. C2. mullein foxglove n. a plant of the eastern United States, Dasistoma macrophylla (family Scrophulariaceae). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Scrophulariaceae (figwort and allies) > [noun] > other plants of the Scrophulariaceae Bartsia1753 Mimulus1754 goatweed1756 painted cup1776 mullein foxglove1856 1856 A. Gray Man. Bot. Northern U.S. (ed. 2) 292 S[eymeria] macrophylla, Nutt. (Mullein-Foxglove.) 1884 W. Miller Dict. Eng. Names Plants 250/1 Seymeria macrophylla, Mullein-Fox-Glove. 1979 New Phytologist 83 483 (table) Dasistoma macrophylla... Mullein foxglove. mullein moth n. = sense 3. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Noctuidae > genus Noctua or Cucullia > cucullia verbasci (mullein) mullein1819 mullein moth1827 mullein shark1885 1827 J. F. Stephens Catal. Brit. Insects II. 102 Mullein M[oth]. 1993 Garden Answers May 24/4 Last summer a verbascum..was suddenly devastated by a large, colourful caterpillar which turned out to be the larva of the mullein moth. mullein pink n. rose campion, Lychnis coronaria. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > campions and catchflies rose campion1530 jagged pink1574 cuckoo-gilliflower1578 flower Constantinople1578 marsh gilliflower1578 wild William1578 crow-flower1597 gardener's delight1597 nonsuch1597 cuckoo-flower1629 fair maid of France1629 meadow pink1660 Bristol Non-such1668 flower of Bristol1672 knight-cross1725 ragged robin1731 fair maid of Kent1813 flower of Jove1840 mullein pink1840 fire pink1848 sticky catchfly1908 1840 C. Dewey Rep. Herbaceous Flowering Plants Mass. 87 Agrostemma coronaria. Mullein Pink. Named from its woolly leaves, bearing white or red flowers..a native of Italy. 1925 Amer. Midland Naturalist 9 405 Lychnis coronaria L. Mullein Pink. 1991 Shepherd's Garden Seeds Catal. 85/1 Also known as mullein-pink. Once established, rose campion's big, many stemmed plants bear masses of velvety-textured silver-gray leaves. mullein shark n. = sense 3. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Noctuidae > genus Noctua or Cucullia > cucullia verbasci (mullein) mullein1819 mullein moth1827 mullein shark1885 1885 Cassell's Encycl. Dict. V. i Mullein-shark, a moth, Cucullia verbasci, the caterpillar of which feeds on mullein. 1971 Country Life 26 Aug. 496/2 I plunged in with the object of catching mullein shark caterpillars before they ruined the mulleins' foliage. mullein tea n. an infusion of mullein leaves, used medicinally. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > infused leaves, flowers, or fruit > [noun] > others coltsfoota1627 sage tea?1706 pippin tea1709 lemon-tea1725 foltron1748 camomile-tea1753 sassafras tea1783 spruce tea1783 mountain tea1785 cow-slip tea1796 miserable1842 peppermint tea1844 violet tea1853 Swiss tea1860 coffee-tea1866 Jesuits' tea1866 St. Helena tea1875 cotton-leaf tea1881 tamarind watera1883 tamarind tea1883 mullein tea1887 rosehip tea1947 1887 J. C. Harris Free Joe (1888) 193 She sent me word to make me some mullein-tea. 1945 L. Lenski Strawberry Girl xiv. 171 She went to the kitchen to make some mullein tea and other healing brews. 1976 N.Y. Times Mag. 10 Oct. 111/2 And the cures, from mullein tea to Black Draught. mullein wave n. a pale grey speckled geometrid moth, Scopula marginepunctata. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Lymantriidae > acidalia promutata mullein wave1832 1832 J. Rennie Conspectus Butterflies & Moths Brit. 140 The Mullein Wave P[tychopoda] incanata, Stephens) appears the end of June and in the autumn. 1869 E. Newman Illustr. Nat. Hist. Brit. Moths 80 The Mullein Wave (Acidalia promutata). 1961 R. South Moths Brit. Isles II. 99 The Mullein Wave... This species exhibits more variation than is usual in this group. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?a1425
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