Jacob's ladder

Definition of Jacob's ladder

(Bot.) A perennial herb of the genus Polemonium (Polemonium cœruleum), having corymbs of drooping flowers, usually blue. Gray.
(Naut.) A rope ladder, with wooden steps, for going aloft
(Naut.) A succession of short cracks in a defective spar.
- R. H. Dana, Jr.

See also: Jacob Jacob Jacob

Related Words

charity, Greek valerian, polemonium, Polemonium caeruleum, Polemonium van-bruntiae, Polymonium caeruleum van-bruntiae
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