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Meanings of Aaron's rod in English
Portuguese
verbascum thapsus Spanish
verbascum thapsus Tall-stalked very woolly mullein with densely packed yellow flowers; ancient Greeks and Romans dipped the stalks in tallow for funeral torches.
A succulent perennial plant of the species Hylotelephium telephium with tall flower stems.
Synonyms
Examples for "goldenrod"
Examples for "goldenrod"
1
Great pastures riotous with early goldenrod are thick dotted with milk herds.
2
Joan used embroidery thread, goldenrod, and it shone against his dark skin.
3
Big lawn, dried-up pond, hedge, stone bird, goldenrod, TV aerial, no cat.
4
The study detected the pungent warning cry given off by Canada goldenrod plants.
5
In one hand he carried a bunch of early goldenrod and smoke-blue asters.
Usage of Aaron's rod in English
1
He pronounced to be Aaron's rod, which budded and blossomed as the rose.
2
It was Aaron's rod, then, and was an almond branch!
3
I told you I was like Aaron's rod.
4
Here, too, is part of Aaron's rod, and a lock of hair from Elisha the prophet.
5
Seldom has the sceptre become an Aaron's rod, and flourished with the buds and blossoms of song.
6
He was thinking of Aaron's rod, perhaps.
7
Well, Aaron's rod was another dead stick.
8
I'll warrant that Aaron's rod bore no bonnier blossoms than these stiff little bushes-andnone more magical.
9
For she had now a new anxiety, which, however, like Aaron's rod, had swallowed all the rest.
10
And they every one cast down their rods, and they were turned into serpents: but Aaron's rod devoured their rods.
11
Like Aaron's rod, it swallowed up one by one all competing thoughts and recollections, and made his brain its slave.
12
Like Aaron's rod, the return of Canning had swallowed up all other facts of the girl's existence, or nearly all.
13
Don't you remember that Aaron's rod budded and blossomed and bore fruit, and that the miracle kept the rebels from murmuring?
14
One Aaron's rod of a bogey had swallowed all the rest, and children buried their sobs in the pillow for fear of Napoleon.
15
But a more remarkable writer succeeded, and his work, like Aaron's rod, swallowed up all the productions of these clever but petty poets.
16
As this power of amendment threatens to be the Aaron's rod which will swallow up the rest, I propose to give it special examination.