Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun jacob's_staff

1 sense of jacob's staff

Sense 1
ocotillo, coachwhip, Jacob's staff, vine cactus, Fouquieria splendens -- (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 flowers)
       => candlewood -- (any of several resinous trees or shrubs often burned for light)