JACOB'S STAFF
\d͡ʒˈe͡ɪkəbz stˈaf], \dʒˈeɪkəbz stˈaf], \dʒ_ˈeɪ_k_ə_b_z s_t_ˈa_f]\
Definitions of JACOB'S STAFF
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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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
By Princeton University
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- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).