See Also: Polemonium(medicine)
polemonium(dictionary)

polemonium (iou)



polemonium noun. E20.
[mod. Latin (see below), from Greek polemonion Jacob's ladder (plant), of uncertain origin.]
Any plant of the genus Polemonium (family Polemoniaceae), members of which (e.g. Jacob's ladder, P. caeruleum) bear single or clustered bell-shaped flowers.