JACOB'S ROD

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Asphodel having erect smooth unbranched stem either flexuous or straight

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Jacob's rod" is a kind of...):

asphodel (any of various chiefly Mediterranean plants of the genera Asphodeline and Asphodelus having linear leaves and racemes of white or pink or yellow flowers)

Holonyms ("Jacob's rod" is a member of...):

Asphodeline; genus Asphodeline (genus of rhizomatous perennial or biennial herbs with numerous sometimes fragrant flowers in long cylindrical racemes; Mediterranean region to Caucasus; sometimes placed in family Asphodelaceae)

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