jacob\'sladder

[jey-kuhbz-lad-er]

Ja·cob's-lad·der

[jey-kuhbz-lad-er]
noun
any of various plants belonging to the genus Polemonium, of the phlox family, especially P. caeruleum (or P. van-bruntiae), having blue, cup-shaped flowers and paired leaflets in a ladderlike arrangement.

Origin:
1725–35
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