Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of numerous chiefly North American plants of the genus Solidago of the composite family, having clusters of small usually yellow flower heads that bloom in late summer or fall.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
gray goldenrod . - noun A plant of the genus Solidago, the species of which have numerous small golden heads: these in the original species, S. Virgaurea of Europe, are arranged in a wand-like spike. See
Solidago .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) A tall herb (
Solidago Virga-aurea ), bearing small yellow flowers in a graceful elongated cluster. The name is common to all the species of the genus Solidago. - noun (Bot.) a shrub (
Bosea Yervamora ), a native of the Canary Isles.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A tall-stemmed, plant with clusters of small yellow flowers.
- noun A golden-yellow colour, like that of the goldenrod plant.
- adjective Of a golden-yellow colour, like that of the goldenrod plant.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun any of numerous chiefly summer-blooming and fall-blooming North American plants especially of the genus Solidago
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Examples
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The goldenrod is a golden yellow, and the bright yellow Jerusalem artichoke flowers are blooming in great bunches along some highways.
dispatch.com: RSS 2009
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The occurrence and vigor of certain herbaceous plants are especially indicative of fertility of the soil, as, for example, ragweed, bindweed, certain plants of the sunflower family, such as goldenrod, asters and wild sunflowers.
The Young Farmer: Some Things He Should Know Thomas Forsyth Hunt 1894
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Green Lane and 300-acre Fulshaw Craeg Preserve in Salford Township, which features 75 percent of the state's growth of a particular kind of goldenrod, Gilchrist said.
unknown title 2009
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Over this was draped with white chiffon, on which a pattern of goldenrod, the National flower, was embroidered in silver.
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How far can we go in this stretch of tall grass and goldenrod?
The Memory Palace Mira Bartók 2011
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There was nothing charming about the scene today—just dead, brown goldenrod and crashed-over clumps of yellow grass.
Choker Elizabeth Woods 2011
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Where the high minko had been buried, goldenrod, daisies, and sunflowers sprouted.
Fire The Sky W. Michael Gear 2011
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There was nothing charming about the scene today—just dead, brown goldenrod and crashed-over clumps of yellow grass.
Choker Elizabeth Woods 2011
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What will the puppet show need to include for students to understand the life of a goldenrod gallfly, for example?
Volunteers Keep Hands-On Science Alive in US Classrooms 2011
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Walk among mature trees in their fall colors and enjoy late-blooming perennials such as white wood aster, goldenrod and Joe-Pye weed. 2 p.m. Meadowlark Botanical Gardens.
Green Scene: The bounty of fall includes tours, lectures and workshops Joel M. Lerner 2010
bilby commented on the word goldenrod
Such golden fires, such yellow -- lo, how good
This spendthrift world, and what a lavish God --
This fringe of wood,
Blazing with buttercup and goldenrod.
- Louis Untermeyer, 'Feuerzauber'.
October 4, 2008