JACOB'S-LADDER


Meaning of JACOB'S-LADDER in English

/jay"keuhbz lad"euhr/ , n.

any of various plants belonging to the genus Polemonium, of the phlox family, esp. P. caeruleum (or P. van-bruntiae ), having blue, cup-shaped flowers and paired leaflets in a ladderlike arrangement.

[ 1725-35 ]

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