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Jacob’s ladder

Ja·cob's lad·der (plural Ja·cob's lad·ders)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. N American plant: a wild or garden plant with leaves divided into several leaflets in an arrangement similar to a ladder. Flowers: blue, white. Native to: North America.  Genus Polemonium.

2. rope ladder: a ladder, used especially on ships, whose rungs are held together by ropes or chains, thus allowing it to be rolled up and stored in a small space

[< Jacob's vision of a ladder reaching to heaven in the Bible (Genesis 28:12)]
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