different between mullen vs mullein

English

Noun

mullen (plural mullens)

1. Alternative form of mullein

Catalan

Verb

mullen

1. third-person plural present indicative form of mullar

Spanish

Verb

mullen

1. Second-person plural (ustedes) present indicative form of mullir.
2. Third-person plural (ellos, ellas, also used with ustedes^?) present indicative form of mullir.

Swedish

Noun

mullen

1. definite singular of mull

West Frisian

Noun

mullen

1. plural of mul

English

Wikispecies

Alternative forms

• mullen

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?l?n/

Noun

mullein (usually uncountable, plural mulleins)

1. Any of several European and Asian plants, of the genus Verbascum, that have yellow flowers and downy leaves; the velvet plant. [from 14th c.]

Synonyms

• Aaron's rod, cow's lungwort, feltwort, flannel leaf, velvet plant

Hyponyms

• common mullein (Verbascum thapsus)
• Cretan mullein (Verbascum creticum)
• dark mullein (Verbascum nigrum)
• great mullein (Verbascum thapsus)
• hoary mullein (Verbascum pulverulentum)
• white mullein (Verbascum lychnitis)
• moth mullein (Verbascum blattaria)
• mullein foxglove (Dasistoma macrophylla, syn. Seymeria macrophylla)
• mullein pink (Silene coronaria, syn. Lychnis coronaria)
• mullein wave (Scopula marginepunctata)
• nettle-leaved mullein (Verbascum chaixii)
• orange mullein (Verbascum phlomoides)
• petty mullein (Primula veris)
• purple mullein (Verbascum phoeniceum)
• sage mullein, sageleaf mullein (Phlomis spp.)
• showy mullein (Verbascum speciosum)
• turkey mullein (Croton setiger, syn. Eremocarpus setiger)
• twiggy mullein (Verbascum virgatum)
• wavyleaf mullein Verbascum sinuatum)
• white mullein (Verbascum lychnitis)
• woolly mullein (Verbascum thapsus)

Translations

References

Finnish

Noun

mullein

1. Instructive plural form of mulli.

Anagrams

• minulle, munille