mullen
- a variation of mullein.
Example Sentences
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It is not even132 how long the mind may continue to produce; for the mind, like a poor, half-exhausted field, urged with rain and fertilizers, may produce only potatoes, mullen, and cockle.
From The Arena Volume 18, No. 92, July, 1897 by Various
I was a grown girl by den an' could make horsemint tea for chills an' mullen leaves for fever good as anybody; an' horehound tea for colds, bitter as gall.
From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Mississippi Narratives by Work Projects Administration
A last summer's mullen stock, beating incessantly in the wind, seemed the only thing alive on all that vast outbulging of the earth.
From Bruvver Jim's Baby by Mighels, Philip Verrill
And don't call it mullen, call it Pitchiola—that's its right name when it's in a prison.
From The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Tom Sawyer's Comrade by Twain, Mark
"I've noticed that lately," replied Tavia, pressing both hands to her cheeks to stop, if possible, the burning of the mullen leaves.
From Dorothy Dale : a girl of today by Penrose, Margaret
