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Aaron's Rod

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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The popular name given to various tall flowering plants ("hag taper," "golden rod," &c.). In architecture the term is given to an ornamental rod with sprouting leaves, or sometimes with a serpent entwined round it (from the Biblical references in Exodus vii. 10 and Numbers xvii. 8).

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Aaron's Rod'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​a/aarons-rod.html. 1910.
 
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