Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The mullen. Compare
hag-taper .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) The common mullein, the stalks of which, dipped in suet, anciently served for torches. Called also
torch , andhig-taper .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The common
mullein .
Etymologies
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torch + wort, because in ancient times the stalks were dipped in suet and used as torches.
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