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Aaron's rod
//ˈɛəɹ.ənz ɹɒd// noun, slang
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Noun
- 1 Any of various plants with a tall flowering stem, especially:; Verbascum thapsus, the great mullein, common mullein, or hag-taper. countable, uncountable
- 2 tall-stalked very woolly mullein with densely packed yellow flowers; ancient Greeks and Romans dipped the stalks in tallow for funeral torches wordnet
- 3 Any of various plants with a tall flowering stem, especially:; Goldenrod, the Solidago genus of North American plants with yellow flowers. countable, uncountable
- 4 Any of various plants with a tall flowering stem, especially:; Hylotelephium telephium (syn. Sedum telephium; orpine, livelong, or live-forever). countable, uncountable
- 5 A rod-shaped molding decorated with an entwined snake, and sometimes leaves, vines, and/or scrolls. countable, uncountable
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- 6 A rod with one serpent twined around it, as used by Aaron (differing from the caduceus of Mercury, which has two serpents). archaic, countable, uncountable
- 7 The penis. countable, dated, slang, uncommon, uncountable
Etymology
A reference to Numbers 17:8, the Authorized / KJV translation of which is "And it came to pass, that on the morrow Moses went into the tabernacle of witness; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and yielded almonds." (spelling modernized).
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