feltwortn.
/ˈfɛltwəːt/ Botany.
A name given to the Mullein ( Verbascum thapsus).
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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
c1000 Sax. Leechd. I. 174 Ðeos wyrt þe man uerbascum, & oðrum naman feltwyrt nemneð.
14.. in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 564 Annodoma, feltwort.
1878–86 J. Britten & R. Holland Dict. Eng. Plant-names Feltwort.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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