| Noun | 1. | Jacob's staff - 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 flowerscandlewood - any of several resinous trees or shrubs often burned for light Fouquieria, genus Fouquieria - resinous succulent trees or shrubs of desert and semi-desert regions of southwestern United States that are leafless most of the year | |