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"expansion": "Welsh melyn (“yellow”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "la",
"3": "mollis",
"t": "soft"
},
"expansion": "Latin mollis (“soft”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "flannel leaf"
},
"expansion": "flannel leaf",
"name": "vern"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "velvet plant"
},
"expansion": "velvet plant",
"name": "vern"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English moleyne, from Anglo-Norman moleine, which is either a Celtic borrowing and derived from Proto-Celtic *melinos (“yellow”) from *meli (“honey”) – an adjective found in Breton melen (“yellow”) and Welsh melyn (“yellow”) – or from mol (“soft”), from Latin mollis (“soft”), referencing the plant's fluffy, downy leaves, also apparent in synonyms such as feltwort, flannel leaf, and velvet plant.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "mulleins",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
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"2": "s"
},
"expansion": "mullein (usually uncountable, plural mulleins)",
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}
],
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{
"taxonomic": "Verbascum thapsus",
"word": "common mullein"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Verbascum creticum",
"word": "Cretan mullein"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Verbascum nigrum",
"word": "dark mullein"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Verbascum thapsus",
"word": "great mullein"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Verbascum pulverulentum",
"word": "hoary mullein"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Verbascum blattaria",
"word": "moth mullein"
},
{
"alt": "syn. Seymeria macrophylla",
"taxonomic": "Dasistoma macrophylla",
"word": "mullein foxglove"
},
{
"alt": "syn. Lychnis coronaria",
"taxonomic": "Silene coronaria",
"word": "mullein pink"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Scopula marginepunctata",
"word": "mullein wave"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Verbascum chaixii",
"word": "nettle-leaved mullein"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Verbascum phlomoides",
"word": "orange mullein"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Primula veris",
"word": "petty mullein"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Verbascum phoeniceum",
"word": "purple mullein"
},
{
"word": "sage mullein"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Phlomis spp.",
"word": "sageleaf mullein"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Verbascum speciosum",
"word": "showy mullein"
},
{
"alt": "syn. Eremocarpus setiger",
"taxonomic": "Croton setiger",
"word": "turkey mullein"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Verbascum virgatum",
"word": "twiggy mullein"
},
{
"word": "wavyleaf mullein Verbascum sinuatum)"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Verbascum lychnitis",
"word": "white mullein"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Verbascum thapsus",
"word": "woolly mullein"
}
],
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
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"Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)",
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"Terms with Albanian translations",
"Terms with Ancient Greek translations",
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"en:Figwort family plants"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1578, Rembert Dodoens, translated by Henry Lyte, A Niewe Herball, or Historie of Plantes: […], London: […] [Henry [i.e., Hendrik van der] Loë for] Gerard Dewes, […], →OCLC, 1st part (Sundry Sortes of Herbes and Plantes), page 118:",
"text": "There be foure ſortes of Mulleyne, as [Pedanius] Dioſcorides writeth: wherof yͤ two firſt are white Mulleyne, and of them one is Male, and the other female: The third is blacke Mulleyne: The fourth is wilde Mulleyne. […] The white male Mulleyn (or rather Wolleyn) hath […] the whole top with his pleaſant yellow floures ſheweth like to a waxe Candell or taper cunningly wrought.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1940, Rosetta E. Clarkson, Green Enchantments: The Magic Spell of Gardens, The Macmillan Company, page 267:",
"text": "As we all know, witches ride through the air on a broom, but sometimes their means of locomotion was a bulrush, a branch of thorn, mullein stalks, cornstalk, or ragweed, called fairies' horse in Ireland.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Any of a few hundred species of European and Asian plants, of the genus Verbascum, especially that majority that have yellow flowers. Some species have been introduced to other continents, where some are now seen as invasive pests. Some species, though far from all, have downy leaves, hence common names such as: \"velvet plant\"."
],
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[
"Asian",
"Asian"
],
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"Verbascum",
"Verbascum#Translingual"
]
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"synonyms": [
{
"word": "Aaron's rod"
},
{
"word": "cow's lungwort"
},
{
"word": "feltwort"
},
{
"word": "flannel leaf"
},
{
"word": "velvet plant"
}
],
"tags": [
"uncountable",
"usually"
],
"wikipedia": [
"mullein"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈmʌlɪn/"
}
],
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{
"word": "mullen"
}
],
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{
"code": "akk",
"lang": "Akkadian",
"roman": "būṣīnnu",
"sense": "plants of the genus Verbascum",
"word": "𒄑𒁍𒍢𒅔"
},
{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "plants of the genus Verbascum",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "lëpushë"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "būṣīr",
"sense": "plants of the genus Verbascum",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "بُوصِير"
},
{
"code": "syc",
"lang": "Aramaic",
"roman": "būṣīnā",
"sense": "plants of the genus Verbascum",
"tags": [
"Classical-Syriac",
"masculine"
],
"word": "ܒܘܨܝܢܐ"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "xṙndat",
"sense": "plants of the genus Verbascum",
"word": "խռնդատ"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "dzivánna",
"sense": "plants of the genus Verbascum",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "дзiвáнна"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "lópen",
"sense": "plants of the genus Verbascum",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ло́пен"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "lopén",
"sense": "plants of the genus Verbascum",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "лопе́н"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "óvča opáška",
"sense": "plants of the genus Verbascum",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "о́вча опа́шка"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "plants of the genus Verbascum",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "blenera"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "plants of the genus Verbascum",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "candelera"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "plants of the genus Verbascum",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "trepó"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "máoruǐhuā",
"sense": "plants of the genus Verbascum",
"word": "毛蕊花"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "plants of the genus Verbascum",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "divizna"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "plants of the genus Verbascum",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "kongelys"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "plants of the genus Verbascum",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "koningskaars"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "plants of the genus Verbascum",
"word": "vägihein"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "plants of the genus Verbascum",
"word": "tulikukka"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "plants of the genus Verbascum",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "molène"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "plants of the genus Verbascum",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Königskerze"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "phlómos",
"sense": "plants of the genus Verbascum",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "φλόμος"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "būṣīn",
"sense": "plants of the genus Verbascum",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "בּוּצִין"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "plants of the genus Verbascum",
"word": "verbasko"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"english": "dark mullein",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "plants of the genus Verbascum",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
],
"word": "coinnle an phúca"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"english": "great mullein",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "plants of the genus Verbascum",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
],
"word": "coinnle Muire"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"english": "white mullein",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "plants of the genus Verbascum",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
],
"word": "coinnle bána"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "plants of the genus Verbascum",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "verbasco"
},
{
"alt": "もうずいか",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "mōzuika",
"sense": "plants of the genus Verbascum",
"word": "毛蕊花"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "aüqūlaq",
"sense": "plants of the genus Verbascum",
"word": "аюқұлақ"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "plants of the genus Verbascum",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "verbascum"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "divizma",
"sense": "plants of the genus Verbascum",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "дивизма"
},
{
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "plants of the genus Verbascum",
"word": "moleyne"
},
{
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "plants of the genus Verbascum",
"word": "nátʼostsoh"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "plants of the genus Verbascum",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "feltwyrt"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "plants of the genus Verbascum",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "dziewanna"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "plants of the genus Verbascum",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "knotnica"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "plants of the genus Verbascum",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "verbasco"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "plants of the genus Verbascum",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "lumânărică"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "plants of the genus Verbascum",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "coada-mielului"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "korovják",
"sense": "plants of the genus Verbascum",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "коровя́к"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "medvéžʹje úxo",
"sense": "plants of the genus Verbascum",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "медве́жье у́хо"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "plants of the genus Verbascum",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "дивѝзма"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "plants of the genus Verbascum",
"tags": [
"Latin",
"feminine"
],
"word": "divìzma"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "plants of the genus Verbascum",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "divozel"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "plants of the genus Verbascum",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "lȗčnik"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "plants of the genus Verbascum",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pápeževa svẹ́ča"
},
{
"code": "hsb",
"lang": "Upper Sorbian",
"sense": "plants of the genus Verbascum",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "dźiwizna"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "plants of the genus Verbascum",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "verbasco"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "plants of the genus Verbascum",
"word": "sığır kuyruğu"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "dyvyná",
"sense": "plants of the genus Verbascum",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "дивина́"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "plants of the genus Verbascum",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "pannog"
}
],
"word": "mullein"
}
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