"Aaron's rod" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɛəɹ.ənz ɹɒd/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈæɹ-/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈɛɹ.ənz ɹɑd/ [General-American], /ˈɛəɹ-/ [General-American], /ˈæɹ-/ [General-American] Audio: En-us-Aaron's rod.ogg [US] Forms: Aaron's rods [plural]
Etymology: A reference to Numbers 17:8, the Authorized / KJV translation of which is "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." (spelling modernized). Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} Aaron's rod (countable and uncountable, plural Aaron's rods)
  1. Any of various plants with a tall flowering stem, especially:
    Verbascum thapsus, the great mullein, common mullein, or hag-taper.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (lifeform): Succulents Synonyms: torchwort, hag-taper, common mullein, great mullein, Adam's flannel, Jacob's staff, Jupiter's staff, cow's lungwort
    Sense id: en-Aaron's_rod-en-noun-3Rkj-ft~ Disambiguation of Succulents: 26 32 21 9 12 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 25 14 12 12 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 42 26 13 9 10 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 42 30 14 7 7 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 38 27 12 10 12
  2. Any of various plants with a tall flowering stem, especially:
    Goldenrod, the Solidago genus of North American plants with yellow flowers.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (lifeform): Astereae tribe plants, Figwort family plants, Stonecrop family plants, Succulents
    Sense id: en-Aaron's_rod-en-noun-cGgJ-xWZ Disambiguation of Astereae tribe plants: 20 53 13 6 9 Disambiguation of Figwort family plants: 26 34 22 8 10 Disambiguation of Stonecrop family plants: 27 38 20 7 9 Disambiguation of Succulents: 26 32 21 9 12
  3. Any of various plants with a tall flowering stem, especially:
    Hylotelephium telephium (syn. Sedum telephium; orpine, livelong, or live-forever).
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (lifeform): Succulents
    Sense id: en-Aaron's_rod-en-noun-tcNxQ60g Disambiguation of Succulents: 26 32 21 9 12
  4. (architecture) A rod-shaped molding decorated with an entwined snake, and sometimes leaves, vines, and/or scrolls. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Architecture
    Sense id: en-Aaron's_rod-en-noun-U9xKclD4 Topics: architecture
  5. (archaic) A rod with one serpent twined around it, as used by Aaron (differing from the caduceus of Mercury, which has two serpents). Tags: archaic, countable, uncountable Categories (lifeform): Succulents Translations (tall plant associated with the biblical rod of Aaron): aaroninsauva (Finnish), Aronstab [masculine] (German), ааронов жезл (aaronov žezl) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-Aaron's_rod-en-noun-e8ctehDK Disambiguation of Succulents: 26 32 21 9 12 Disambiguation of 'tall plant associated with the biblical rod of Aaron': 18 18 18 3 44

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