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Pronunciation: [mˈʌlən] (IPA)

Mullen is a plant that belongs to the genus Verbascum. It is also known by different names, including velvet plant, woolly mullein, flannel plant, and torch plant. While the term mullen is its most commonly recognized name, these synonyms give insight into the unique features and characteristics of the plant. Velvet plant and woolly mullein both highlight the soft and fuzzy texture of its leaves, while the name torch plant emphasizes the tall and upright nature of its stem. Flannel plant, on the other hand, emphasizes the warmth and comfort the plant may bring to those who use it as an herbal remedy.
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She makes a cup of coffee herself, and saddles the pony, too, if Patsey isn'tthere to do it; and she 's off to Glentocher, or Knock-Mullen, twelve, fourteen miles down the coast, with barley for one, and a bottle of wine for the other.
"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"
Charles James Lever
Mullen, the head of the Hammond batting list, found Post for two bases, O'Meara, the captain, hit him for two more, scoring Mullen, and Stone hit safely to right field.
"The Crimson Sweater"
Ralph Henry Barbour
Aunt Martha Turner and her associates believed this was because Attorney Mullen was himself a drinker of beer, and it was to get proof of this that the hot-headed ladies had engaged a youth named Slippery Williams to make a raid on his home.
"Philo Gubb Correspondence-School Detective"
Ellis Parker Butler

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