NOUN
- pinnate-leaved European perennial having bright blue or white flowers
- (nautical) a hanging ladder of ropes or chains supporting wooden or metal rungs or steps
How To Use Jacob's ladder In A Sentence
- In this way I obtained a hybrid between the common Jacob's ladder and the allied species _Polemonium dissectum_. Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation
- The town, climbing the hill, assumed the proportions of a mighty citadel; the forest tree-tops were prismatic, emerald balls flung beneath the illumined Merveille; and the Cathedral was set in a daffodil frame; its aerial _escalier de dentelle_, like Jacob's ladder, led one easily heavenward. In and out of Three Normady Inns
- Jacob's Ladder", the newest film by Adrian Lyne, is a post-Vietnam horror story.
- Jacob's Ladder", the newest film by Adrian Lyne, is a post-Vietnam horror story.
- Talk to him of Jacob's ladder, and he will ask the number of the steps.
- You must Jacob's ladder on starboard side.
- Ebony spleenwort, polypody, lipferns, woodsias and grape ferns are all possibilities to plant with your forget-me-nots, small phloxes, Jacob's ladder, primroses, violets and veronicas.
- This one is a Jacob's ladder (Polemonium reptans) called Stairway to Heaven. Growing Insecurity
- Kentaro looked up at the pagoda where large arcs of electricity were reaching into the sky like a massive Jacob's Ladder.