Adam's flannel

English thumb Etymology In reference to the Biblical Adam, who would have had to improvise clothing from plant materials. Noun - en Chester The mullein (Verbascum thapsus species). en torchwort hag-taper common mullein great mullein Jacob's staff Aaron's rod Jupiter's staff cow's lungwort References Robert Holland, M.R.A.C., A Glossary of Words Used in the County of Chester, Part I--A to F., English Dialect Society, London, 1884, 3 en Figwort family plants