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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Aar·on's rod
 1. Arch. A rod with one serpent twined around it, thus differing from the caduceus of Mercury, which has two.
 2. Bot. A plant with a tall flowering stem; esp. the great mullein, or hag-taper, and the golden-rod.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 Aaron's rod
      n : tall-stalked very woolly mullein with densely packed yellow
          flowers; ancient Greeks and Romans dipped the stalks in
          tallow for funeral torches [syn: common mullein, great
           mullein, flannel mullein, woolly mullein, torch, Verbascum
           thapsus]