northern Jacob's ladder

Definitions of northern Jacob's ladder
  1. noun
    perennial erect herb with white flowers; circumboreal
    synonyms: Polemonium boreale
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    polemonium
    any plant of the genus Polemonium; most are low-growing often foul-smelling plants of temperate to Arctic regions
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