1. (noun) tall-stalked very woolly mullein with densely packed yellow flowers; ancient Greeks and Romans dipped the stalks in tallow for funeral torches

• aaron's rod
• common mullein
• great mullein
• torch
• verbascum thapsus
• woolly mullein

1. (noun) tall-stalked very woolly mullein with densely packed yellow flowers; ancient Greeks and Romans dipped the stalks in tallow for funeral torches

• flannel leaf
• mullein
• velvet plant