JACOB'S LADDER


Meaning of JACOB'S LADDER in English

n.1 a plant, Polemonium caeruleum, with corymbs of blue or white flowers, and leaves suggesting a ladder.

2 a rope-ladder with wooden rungs.

Etymology: f. Jacob's dream of a ladder reaching to heaven, as described in Gen. 28:12

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.