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NORTHERN JACOB'S LADDER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does northern Jacob's ladder mean?
• NORTHERN JACOB'S LADDER (noun)
The noun NORTHERN JACOB'S LADDER has 1 sense:
1. perennial erect herb with white flowers; circumboreal
Familiarity information: NORTHERN JACOB'S LADDER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• NORTHERN JACOB'S LADDER (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Perennial erect herb with white flowers; circumboreal
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
northern Jacob's ladder; Polemonium boreale
Hypernyms ("northern Jacob's ladder" is a kind of...):
polemonium (any plant of the genus Polemonium; most are low-growing often foul-smelling plants of temperate to Arctic regions)
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