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‖ verbascum|vɜːˈbæskəm| [L. (Pliny), whence also It., Sp., Pg. verbasco.] A widely distributed genus of herbaceous plants, = mullein; one or other species of this.
1562Turner Herbal ii. 161 The whyte Verbascum is called commonly in English mollen or hickis taper, and..longwurt. 1601Holland Pliny II. 264 That kind of Verbascum or Mullen, the flower whereof resembleth gold. 1741Compl. Fam.-Piece ii. iii. 367 Venetian Vetch, Borrage-leav'd Verbascum. 1765Phil. Trans. LVI. 234 Phlomis, verbascum, stœchas, sage, thyme. 1843Penny Cycl. XXVI. 254/1 All the species of verbascum are tall, robust, handsome plants, and may be cultivated in gardens and shrubberies. 1857Henfrey Bot. §528 Verbascum, having 5 stamens, is sometimes referred to Solanaceæ. |