Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Torchwort"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Torchwort \Torch"wort`\, n. (Bot.)
The common mullein, the stalks of which, dipped in suet,
anciently served for torches. Called also {torch}, and
{hig-taper}.
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