Jacob's: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)Jacob's in English is the name of a plant defined with Polemonium caeruleum in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Polemonium coeruleum L..
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Botanicheskii Zhurnal SSSR (1983)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Bot. Žurn. (1991)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Jacob's, for example extract dosage, chemical composition, diet and recipes, pregnancy safety, side effects, health benefits, have a look at these references.
This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Full-text: Spreading jacob's-ladder, Elegant jacob's-ladder, Jacob's coat, Yusupha, Jacob's-ladder, Saggarohana.
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Search found 10 books and stories containing Jacob's; (plurals include: Jacob'ses). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
Kathasaritsagara (the Ocean of Story) (by Somadeva)
Note on grateful and ungrateful snakes < [Notes]
Note on the “external soul” motif < [Notes]
Notes on the story of Devasmitā < [Notes]
Vinaya Pitaka (1): Bhikkhu-vibhanga (the analysis of Monks’ rules) (by I. B. Horner)
Translation of the term brāhmaṇa (brahmin) < [Translator’s Introduction]
Heimskringla (by Snorri Sturlson)
Part 89 - Of The Swedish King's Children < [Chapter VII - Saga Of Olaf Haraldson]
Part 4 - Of King Sigurd's Journey < [Chapter XII - Saga Of Sigurd The Crusader And His Brothers Eystein And Olaf]
Complete works of Swami Abhedananda (by Swami Prajnanananda)
Symbology of the Cross or Crux < [Discourse 5 - Path of Realization]
Readers Mail < [January – March, 2003]
Book Reviews < [January – March, 2006]
The New Fiction < [October 1951]