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Meaning of Jacob's staff | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A single straight rod or staff, pointed and iron-shod at the bottom, for penetrating the ground, and having a socket joint at the top, used, instead of a tripod, for supporting a compass.
  2. Verbascum thapsus, the common mullein.
  3. The ocotillo (Fouquieria splendens), one of certain desert shrubs of southwestern United States and Mexico having slender naked spiny branches that after the rainy season put forth foliage and clusters of red flowers.

Equivalents

Suomi jaakobinsauva

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

Jacobabad Jacobe Jacobean Jacobean lily Jacobi Jacobi ellipsoid

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