feltwort
English
feltwort – Verbascum thapsus
Etymology
felt + wort, after its felty, flannellike leaves, therefore it is also called feltpypt in Middle English and in German Wollkraut, and listed English names include flannel leaf, old man's flannel, velvet plant. Hence unrelated to felwort, fieldwort.
Noun
feltwort (uncountable)
- mullein (Verbascum gen. et spp.)