Adam's flannel
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English
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/%E3%83%93%E3%83%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89%E3%83%A2%E3%82%A6%E3%82%BA%E3%82%A4%E3%82%AB_Verbascum_thapsus.jpg/220px-%E3%83%93%E3%83%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89%E3%83%A2%E3%82%A6%E3%82%BA%E3%82%A4%E3%82%AB_Verbascum_thapsus.jpg)
Etymology
[edit]In reference to the Biblical Adam, who would have had to improvise clothing from plant materials.
Noun
[edit]- (Chester) The mullein (Verbascum thapsus).[1]
References
[edit]- ^ 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