aaron's rod

2 definitions found

aaron's rod - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Aaron's rod \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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Bot.) A plant with a tall flowering stem; esp. the great
        mullein, or hag-taper, and the golden-rod.
        [1913 Webster]

aaron's rod - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Aaron's rod
      n 1: tall-stalked very woolly mullein with densely packed yellow
           flowers; ancient Greeks and Romans dipped the stalks in
           tallow for funeral torches [syn: common mullein, great mullein
           , Aaron's rod, flannel mullein, woolly mullein
           , torch, Verbascum thapsus]