Aaron's Rod

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Aaron's Rod, the popular name given to various tall flowering plants ("hag taper," "golden rod," &c.). In architecture, the term is given to an ornamental rod with sprouting leaves, or sometimes with a serpent entwined round it (from the Biblical references in Exodus vii. 10 and Numbers xvii. 8).

The above is from an original text from 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, now in the Public Domain.