Jacob's staff

Jacob's staff

n (Surveying) a medieval instrument for measuring heights and distances

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Jacob's staff - 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 flowerscoachwhip, Fouquieria splendens, ocotillo, vine cactuscandlewood - any of several resinous trees or shrubs often burned for lightFouquieria, genus Fouquieria - resinous succulent trees or shrubs of desert and semidesert regions of southwestern United States that are leafless most of the year