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Jacob's staff

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Jacob's staff
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(Mathematics & Measurements / Surveying) a medieval instrument for measuring heights and distances
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Noun1.Jacob's staff - desert shrub of southwestern United States and Mexico having slender naked spiny branches that after the rainy season put forth foliage and clusters of red flowersJacob's staff - desert shrub of southwestern United States and Mexico having slender naked spiny branches that after the rainy season put forth foliage and clusters of red flowers
coachwhip, Fouquieria splendens, ocotillo, vine cactus
candlewood - any of several resinous trees or shrubs often burned for light
Fouquieria, genus Fouquieria - resinous succulent trees or shrubs of desert and semidesert regions of southwestern United States that are leafless most of the year
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Other names include Candlewood, Slimwood, Coachwhip, Vine Cactus, Flamingsword, or Jacob's Staff.
Bookmarking our perceptions by Maas, David F. / ETC.: A Review of General Semantics
CAPTION(S): CRACKERS: Jacob's staff Marjorie Crawford,Pat Clarke and Pat McAuliffe and, right,co-star Bonham-Carter Main picture: JASON ROBERTS
Wallace and Gromit go crackers by Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England)
 
 
 
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