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Значения термина Aaron's rod на английском

португальский
verbascum thapsus
испанский
verbascum thapsus

Tall-stalked very woolly mullein with densely packed yellow flowers; ancient Greeks and Romans dipped the stalks in tallow for funeral torches.

verbascum thapsus

A succulent perennial plant of the species Hylotelephium telephium with tall flower stems.

Синонимы
Examples for "torch"
Examples for "torch"
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Meanwhile, feelgood stories about the torch's progress thus far continue to surface.
The Guardian
2
The good news is that there is always a new torch lit.
The Rational Optimist
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War is the torch of liberty in the hands of the people.
Arms and the Woman
4
Mr Donner refused to leave without getting his torch back, he said.
Radio NZ
5
By all means take a torch, but try not to use it.
The Guardian
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AARON'S ROD, the popular name given to various tall flowering plants ('' hag taper,', ''golden rod,'' &c.).
The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia, Volume 1 of 28
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The plant has none of the coarse, hairy character of the common mullein.
The Writings of John Burroughs — Volume 05: Pepacton
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Great mulleins have been allowed to spring up from the gaps between the lichen-spotted tiles.
Wanderings by Southern Waters, Eastern Aquitaine
1
Tu-Kila-Kila kept the wounded hand wrapped up in a soft leaf, like a woolly mullein.
The Great Taboo
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Lastly, the Solanaceae: Verbascum thapsus, or shepherd's club; V. sinuatum, or scollop-leaved mullein.
Bramble-Bees and Others
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Verbascum Thapsus is diffused over all the country, is vastly more common here than in Germany, fide Engelmann.
More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 / A Record of His Work...
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Verbascum thapsus (Scrophulariaceae).-Highlyself-fertile
The Effects of Cross & Self-Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingd...

A plant of the genus Solidago.

Использование термина Aaron's rod на английском
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He pronounced to be Aaron's rod, which budded and blossomed as the rose.
The Mysteries of Free Masonry / Containing All the Degrees of th...
2
It was Aaron's rod, then, and was an almond branch!
The Story of Waitstill Baxter
3
I told you I was like Aaron's rod.
A Village Ophelia and Other Stories
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Here, too, is part of Aaron's rod, and a lock of hair from Elisha the prophet.
The White Company
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Seldom has the sceptre become an Aaron's rod, and flourished with the buds and blossoms of song.
Specimens with Memoirs of the Less-known British Poets, Volume 1
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He was thinking of Aaron's rod, perhaps.
England's Antiphon
7
Well, Aaron's rod was another dead stick.
The Other Girls
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I'll warrant that Aaron's rod bore no bonnier blossoms than these stiff little bushes-andnone more magical.
Little Rivers: A Book of Essays in Profitable Idleness
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For she had now a new anxiety, which, however, like Aaron's rod, had swallowed all the rest.
The Vultures
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And they every one cast down their rods, and they were turned into serpents: but Aaron's rod devoured their rods.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Old Testament — Part 1
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Like Aaron's rod, it swallowed up one by one all competing thoughts and recollections, and made his brain its slave.
The Damnation of Theron Ware
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Like Aaron's rod, the return of Canning had swallowed up all other facts of the girl's existence, or nearly all.
V. V.'s Eyes
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Don't you remember that Aaron's rod budded and blossomed and bore fruit, and that the miracle kept the rebels from murmuring?
The Story of Waitstill Baxter
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One Aaron's rod of a bogey had swallowed all the rest, and children buried their sobs in the pillow for fear of Napoleon.
Barlasch of the Guard
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But a more remarkable writer succeeded, and his work, like Aaron's rod, swallowed up all the productions of these clever but petty poets.
Specimens with Memoirs of the Less-known British Poets, Volume 1
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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.
The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Volume 1
Translations for Aaron's rod
португальский
verbascum thapsus
испанский
verbascum thapsus