| 单词 | purple mullein |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspurple mullein purple mullein n. †(a) moth mullein, Verbascum blattaria (obsolete); (b) a southern European mullein grown for ornament, V. phoeniceum, having flowers in various shades of purple, red, etc. ΚΠ 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball i. lxxxii. 122 Of Blattaria, or Mothe Mulleyn... From the middle of those leaues doo spring up two or three stems, bearing fayre yellow floures, (and sometimes also it beareth purple flowers)... It may be called in English Purple, or Mothe Mulleyn. 1799 Lady C. Murray Brit. Garden I. 169 V. Phœniceum. Purple Mullein... Flowers from May to July... Native of the South of Europe. 1882 Garden 28 Oct. 377/1 The Purple Mullein..is an old garden favourite. 1924 L. H. Bailey Man. Cultivated Plants 674 V. phœniceum, L. Purple Mullein. To 5ft high..fls. in a simple slender nearly glabrous raceme, purple or red. 2002 Sunday Times (Nexis) 11 Aug. (Style section) 28 The small, lively and wiry purple mullein V. phoeniceum comes in shades of pink and mauve and looks good among Mediterranean sages and rosemary. < as lemmas |
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