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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: any plant of the genus Polemonium; most are low-growing often foul-smelling plants of temperate to Arctic regions

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: New Latin, from Greek polem?nion, a plant Date: 1733 Jacob's ladder 1

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Polemonium Pol`e*mo"ni*um n. [NL., fr. Gr.? a kind of plant.] (Bot.) A genus of gamopetalous perennial herbs, including the Jacob's ladder and the Greek valerian.





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