plural of Jacob's ladder

Typhus.

(biblical) A ladder leading to heaven. / (botany) A flowering plant of the genus Polemonium. / (nautical) A rope ladder from the ratline to the upper mast.

(archaic) A little dandy; a little foppish impertinent fellow. / (New Zealand) A small patch of light reflected from a shiny surface onto another surface such as a wall or ceiling.

plural of jack-a-dandy

Synonym of plumber's snake

(obsolete) A small stuffed puppet to be pelted in Lent. / (obsolete, by extension) A simple fellow.

plural of Jack-a-Lent

plural of Jacobean lily

A bulbous Mexican plant that bears a single large red flower resembling a lily, Sprekelia formosissima.