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V Thapsus
Hig-taper Hig"-ta`per, n. [Cf. Hag-taper.] (Bot.) A plant of the genus Verbascum (V. Thapsus); the common mullein. [Also high-taper and hag-taper.]
Verbascum Thapsus
Mullein Mul"lein, n. [OE. moleyn, AS. molegn.] (Bot.) Any plant of the genus Verbascum. They are tall herbs having coarse leaves, and large flowers in dense spikes. The common species, with densely woolly leaves, is Verbascum Thapsus. Moth mullein. See under Moth. Mullein foxglove, an American herb (Seymeria macrophylla) with coarse leaves and yellow tubular flowers with a spreading border. Petty mullein, the cowslip. --Dr. Prior.
Verbascum Thapsus
Hag-taper Hag"-ta`per, n. [Cf. 1st Hag, and Hig-taper.] (Bot.) The great woolly mullein (Verbascum Thapsus).

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- nomenclature, Verbas**** thapsus was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1753 Species Plantarum. The specific epithet thapsus had been first used by...
- Thapsus, also known as Tampsus and as Thapsus Minor to distinguish it from Thapsus in Sicily, was a Carthaginian and Roman port near present-day Bekalta...
- The Battle of Thapsus was a military engagement that took place on April 6, 46 BC near Thapsus (in modern Tunisia). The forces of the Optimates, led by...
- Vigilius of Thapsus (before 484) also known as Vigilius Tapsensis, Vigilius Afer, or Vergil of Tapso, was a 5th-century Bishop of Thapsus in the province...
- Mediterranean. Mullein or "mullein leaf" often refers to the leaves of Verbas**** thapsus, the great or common mullein, which is frequently used in herbal medicine...
- Battle of Thapsus. After the defeat, Afranius and Faustus Cornelius Sulla, son of Sulla the dictator, gathered some of the survivors of Thapsus and started...
- North Africa, where he defeated Metellus Scipio in 46 BC at the Battle of Thapsus. Cato and Metellus Scipio killed themselves shortly thereafter. The following...
- at Thapsus. April 6 – Caesar defeats the combined army of Pompeian followers and Numidians under Metellus Scipio and Juba I of Numidia at Thapsus. After...
- martyr and saint Church of Saint Vigilius of Trent (Pinzolo) Vigilius of Thapsus, 5th-century bishop and writer Vigilius Eriksen (1722-1782), Danish painter...
- Species: V. sinuatum Binomial name Verbas**** sinuatum L. Synonyms Celsia sinuata (L.) Colla Lychnitis sinuata (L.) Fourr. Thapsus sinuatum (L.) Raf....