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Aaron's rod
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What's The Definition Of Aaron's rod?
[n] tall-stalked very woolly mullein with densely packed yellow flowers; ancient Greeks and Romans dipped the stalks in tallow for funeral torches
Synonyms | Synonyms for Aaron's rod: common mullein | flannel mullein | great mullein | torch | Verbascum thapsus | woolly mullein Related Terms | Find terms related to Aaron's rod: See Also | flannel leaf | mullein | velvet plant Aaron's rod In Webster's Dictionary \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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