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.

[ f. Jacob's dream of a ladder reaching to heaven, as described in gen. 28:12 ]

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