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JACOB'S ROD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Jacob's rod mean?
• JACOB'S ROD (noun)
The noun JACOB'S ROD has 1 sense:
1. asphodel having erect smooth unbranched stem either flexuous or straight
Familiarity information: JACOB'S ROD used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Asphodel having erect smooth unbranched stem either flexuous or straight
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("Jacob's rod" is a kind of...):
asphodel (any of various chiefly Mediterranean plants of the genera Asphodeline and Asphodelus having linear leaves and racemes of white or pink or yellow flowers)
Holonyms ("Jacob's rod" is a member of...):
Asphodeline; genus Asphodeline (genus of rhizomatous perennial or biennial herbs with numerous sometimes fragrant flowers in long cylindrical racemes; Mediterranean region to Caucasus; sometimes placed in family Asphodelaceae)
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