Aaron's rod
English
Etymology
With reference to Numbers 17:8 (‘And it came to pass, that on the morrow Moses went into the tabernacle of witness; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and yielded almonds.’ King James Version).
Pronunciation
Noun
Aaron's rod (countable and uncountable; plural Aaron's rods)
- Any of various plants with a tall flowering stem, especially
- Verbascum thapsus, the great mullein, common mullein, or hag-taper. [First attested in the mid 18th century.][1]
- Goldenrod, the Solidago genus of North American plants with yellow flowers.
- Sedum telephium, orpine, livelong, or live-forever.
- (architecture) A rod-shaped molding decorated with an entwined snake, and sometimes leaves, vines, and/or scrolls.
- (archaic) A rod with one serpent twined around it, as used by Aaron (differing from the caduceus of Mercury, which has two serpents).
Translations
rod used by Aaron
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tall plant associated with the biblical rod of Aaron
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mullein — see mullein
goldenrod — see goldenrod
orpine — see orpine
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See also
Aaron's rod on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Verbascum thapsus on Wikispecies. Wikispecies: Verbascum thapsus- Solidago on Wikispecies. Wikispecies: Solidago
- Sedum telephium on Wikispecies. Wikispecies: Sedum telephium
References
- ^ 2003 [1933], Brown, Lesley editor, The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, edition 5th, Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7, page 2: