Meaning of AARON'S ROD
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[n] tall-stalked very woolly mullein with densely packed yellow flowers; ancient Greeks and Romans dipped the stalks in tallow for funeral torches |
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| | Synonyms: | | common mullein, flannel mullein, great mullein, torch, Verbascum thapsus, woolly mullein |
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| | See Also: | | flannel leaf, mullein, velvet plant | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Aar"on's rod`\ ([^a]r"[u^]nz r[o^]d`). [See Exodus
vii. 9 and Numbers xvii. 8]
1. (Arch.) A rod with one serpent twined around it, thus
differing from the caduceus of Mercury, which has two.
2. (Bot.) A plant with a tall flowering stem; esp. the great
mullein, or hag-taper, and the golden-rod.
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