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Jacob's ladder
- Bible the ladder from earth to heaven that Jacob saw in a dream: Gen. 28:12
- a portable ladder used on ships and having, typically, wooden rungs and rope or wire sides
- any of several plants (genus Polemonium) of the phlox family, with pinnately compound leaves and small, blue, bell-shaped flowers
- carrion flower (sense )
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