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Aaron's rod

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.

  2. (Bot.) A plant with a tall flowering stem; esp. the great mullein, or hag-taper, and the golden-rod.

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aaron's rod

n. 1 Any of various plants with a tall flowering stem, especially: 2 # ''Verbascum thapsus'', the (vern great mullein pedia=1), (vern common mullein pedia=1), or hag-taper. (First attested in the mid 18th century.)(R:SOED5: page=2) 3 # goldenrod, the ''Solidago'' genus of North American plants with yellow flowers. 4 # (taxlink Sedum telephium species noshow=1), orpine, livelong, or (vern live-forever pedia=1). 5 (context architecture English) A rod-shaped molding decorated with an entwined snake, and sometimes leaves, vines, and/or scrolls. 6 (context archaic English) A rod with one serpent twined around it, as used by Aaron (differing from the caduceus of Mercury, which has two serpents).

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Aaron's rod

Aaron's rod refers to any of the staves carried by Moses's brother, Aaron, in the Torah. The Bible tells how, along with Moses's rod, Aaron's rod was endowed with miraculous power during the Plagues of Egypt that preceded the Exodus. There are two occasions where the Bible tells of the rod's power even when it was not being held by its owner.

Aaron's rod (disambiguation)

Aaron's rod refers to any of the staffs carried by Moses' brother, Aaron, in the Old Testament of the Bible.

Aaron's rod may also refer to:

  • Aaron's Rod (novel), a book by D. H. Lawrence
Aaron's Rod (novel)

Aaron's Rod is a novel by D. H. Lawrence, started in 1917 and published in 1922.

Usage examples of "aaron's rod".

And, finally, the Ark of the Covenant (which contained the Tables of the Law, Aaron's rod, and a pot of manna from the desert) was a kind of electric strongbox capable of producing discharges on the order of five hundred volts.

Its rigid uprightness accounts for some of the plant's local names: 'Aaron's Rod,' 'Jupiter's' or 'Jacob's Staff,' etc.

This symbolic ark contained also a magic wand, an emblem of the spiritual powers, called AARON'S ROD, which are now latent in everyone on his way to the haven of rest--the mystic temple of Solomon.