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polemonium
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Polemonium
(gcide) | Polemonium \Pol`e*mo"ni*um\ n. [NL., fr. Gr.? a kind of plant.]
(Bot.)
A genus of gamopetalous perennial herbs, including the
Jacob's ladder and the Greek valerian.
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polemonium
(wn) | polemonium
n 1: any plant of the genus Polemonium; most are low-growing
often foul-smelling plants of temperate to Arctic regions |
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polemonium
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Polemonium caeruleum
(gcide) | Valerian \Va*le"ri*an\, n. [LL. valeriana, perhaps from some
person named Valerius, or fr. L. valere to be strong.
powerful, on account of its medicinal virtues: cf. F.
val['e]riane.] (Bot.)
Any plant of the genus Valeriana. The root of the officinal
valerian (Valeriana officinalis) has a strong smell, and is
much used in medicine as an antispasmodic.
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Greek valerian (Bot.), a plant (Polemonium caeruleum)
with blue or white flowers, and leaves resembling those of
the officinal valerian.
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Polemonium coeruleum having corymbs of drooping flowers usually blue Gray
(gcide) | Jacob \Ja"cob\, n. [Cf. F. Jacob. See 2d Jack.]
A Hebrew patriarch (son of Isaac, and ancestor of the Jews),
who in a vision saw a ladder reaching up to heaven (--Gen.
xxviii. 12); -- also called Israel.
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And Jacob said . . . with my staff I passed over this
Jordan, and now I am become two bands. --Gen. xxxii.
9, 10.
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Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel.
--Gen. xxxii.
28.
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Jacob's ladder.
(a) (Bot.) A perennial herb of the genus Polemonium
({Polemonium c[oe]ruleum), having corymbs of drooping
flowers, usually blue. Gray}.
(b) (Naut.) A rope ladder, with wooden steps, for going
aloft. --R. H. Dana, Jr.
(c) (Naut.) A succession of short cracks in a defective spar.
Jacob's membrane. See Retina.
Jacob's staff.
(a) A name given to many forms of staff or weapon, especially
in the Middle Ages; a pilgrim's staff. [Obs.] --Spenser.
(b) (Surveying) See under Staff.
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genus polemonium
(wn) | genus Polemonium
n 1: type genus of the Polemoniaceae |
polemonium
(wn) | polemonium
n 1: any plant of the genus Polemonium; most are low-growing
often foul-smelling plants of temperate to Arctic regions |
polemonium boreale
(wn) | Polemonium boreale
n 1: perennial erect herb with white flowers; circumboreal [syn:
northern Jacob's ladder, Polemonium boreale] |
polemonium caeruleum
(wn) | Polemonium caeruleum
n 1: pinnate-leaved European perennial having bright blue or
white flowers [syn: Jacob's ladder, Greek valerian,
charity, Polemonium caeruleum, {Polemonium van-
bruntiae}, Polymonium caeruleum van-bruntiae] |
polemonium reptans
(wn) | Polemonium reptans
n 1: erect or spreading perennial of the eastern United States
[syn: Greek valerian, Polemonium reptans] |
polemonium van-bruntiae
(wn) | Polemonium van-bruntiae
n 1: pinnate-leaved European perennial having bright blue or
white flowers [syn: Jacob's ladder, Greek valerian,
charity, Polemonium caeruleum, {Polemonium van-
bruntiae}, Polymonium caeruleum van-bruntiae] |
polemonium viscosum
(wn) | Polemonium viscosum
n 1: tall herb of the Rocky Mountains having sticky leaves and
an offensive smell [syn: skunkweed, skunk-weed,
Polemonium viscosum] |
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