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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 staffJacob'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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Its walls hung with Jacob's staffs and astrolabes, its shelves laden with horoscopes, talismans and
A look back at those who told the future; BOOK REVIEW by The Seattle Times (Seattle, WA)
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