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单词 aaron's rod
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Aaron's rod


noun

a rod, inscribed with the name of Aaron, that miraculously blossomed and yielded almonds. Numbers 17:8. Previously, the rod had changed into a serpent. Exodus 7:10.
any of various plants having a tall, flowering stem, as the goldenrod or mullein.
a smooth-stemmed herb, Thermopsis villosa (or T. caroliniana), of the legume family, found from North Carolina to Georgia, having yellow flowers in stiffly erect clusters and hoary pods.
Architecture. a convex molding having regularly spaced representations of leaves or scrollwork.

Origin of Aaron's rod

First recorded in 1825–35 for non-Biblical use

Words nearby Aaron's rod

Aaron, Henry, Aaronic, Aaronical, Aaronite, Aaron's beard, Aaron's rod, AARP, Aarskog-Scott syndrome, aarti, A.A.S., A'asia
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British Dictionary definitions for Aaron's rod

Aaron's rod

noun

the rod used by Aaron in performing a variety of miracles in Egypt. It later blossomed and produced almonds (Numbers 17)
a widespread Eurasian scrophulariaceous plant, Verbascum thapsus, having woolly leaves and tall erect spikes of yellow flowers
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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