Definitions for jacob's ladder
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
Ja′cob's lad′der(n.)
a ladder seen by Jacob in a dream, reaching from the earth to heaven. Gen. 28:12.
Category: Bible
Naut. a hanging ladder having ropes or chains supporting rungs or steps.
Category: Nautical, Navy
Origin of Jacob's ladder:
1825–35
Ja′cob's-lad′der(n.)
any plant of the genus Polemonium, of the phlox family, with cup-shaped blue flowers and paired leaflets in a ladderlike arrangement.
Category: Plants
Origin of Jacob's-ladder:
1725–35
Princeton's WordNet
Jacob's ladder, Greek valerian, charity, Polemonium caeruleum, Polemonium van-bruntiae, Polymonium caeruleum van-bruntiae(noun)
pinnate-leaved European perennial having bright blue or white flowers
Jacob's ladder, jack ladder, pilot ladder(noun)
(nautical) a hanging ladder of ropes or chains supporting wooden or metal rungs or steps
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