English

Noun

Aaron's rod ‎(countable and uncountable, plural Aaron's rods)

1. Any of various plants with a tall flowering stem, especially:
   1. Verbascum thapsus, the great mullein, common mullein, or hag-taper. [First attested in the mid 18th century.]^[1]
   2. Goldenrod, the Solidago genus of North American plants with yellow flowers.
   3. Hylotelephium telephium (syn. Sedum telephium), orpine, livelong, or live-forever.
2. (architecture) A rod-shaped molding decorated with an entwined snake, and sometimes leaves, vines, and/or scrolls.
3. (archaic) 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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See also

• Aaron's rod on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Verbascum thapsus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Solidago on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Sedum telephium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

References

1. ↑ Lesley Brown (editor), The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition (Oxford University Press, 2003 [1933], ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7), page 2