Aaron's rod
(Botany) any of a number of plants having tall flowering stems (such as the golden-rod and the great mullein)
Aaron's rod
Aaron's rod
Noun
1. tall-stalked very woolly mullein with densely packed yellow flowers; ancient Greeks and Romans dipped the stalks in tallow for funeral torches
(synonym) common mullein, great mullein, flannel mullein, woolly mullein, torch, Verbascum thapsus
(hypernym) mullein, flannel leaf, velvet plant
Aaron's rod
A rod with one serpent twined around it, thus differing from the caduceus of Mercury, which has two.
A plant with a tall flowering stem; esp. the great mullein, or hag-taper, and the golden-rod.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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AARON'S ROD
BASTONE D'ARONNE [BIBBIA]. VERGA D'ORO [BOTANICA]. BARBASSO. TASSOBARBASSO [BOTANICA]
AARON'S-ROD
BASTONE D'ARONNE [BIBBIA]. VERGA D'ORO [BOTANICA]. VERBASCO [BOTANICA]. BARBASSO [BOTANICA]. TASSOBARBASSO [BOTANICA]