GOLDENROD

goldenrod

(noun) any of numerous chiefly summer-blooming and fall-blooming North American plants especially of the genus Solidago

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

goldenrod (countable and uncountable, plural goldenrods)

Any tall-stemmed plant principally from genus Solidago (also Oligoneuron), usually with clusters of small yellow flowers.

A golden-yellow colour, like that of the goldenrod plant.

Adjective

goldenrod (comparative more goldenrod, superlative most goldenrod)

Of a golden-yellow colour, like that of the goldenrod plant.

Source: Wiktionary


Gold"en-rod`, n. (Bot.)

Definition: A tall herb (Solidago Virga-aurea), bearing yellow flowers in a graceful elongated cluster. The name is common to all the species of the genus Solidago. Golden-rod tree (Bot.), a shrub (Bosea Yervamora), a native of the Canary Isles.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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