goldenrod

goldenrod
goldenrod gold"en*rod`, golden-rod gold"en-rod`(g[=o]ld"'n*r[o^]d`), n. (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}. [1913 Webster]

{Golden-rod tree} (Bot.), a shrub ({Bosea Yervamora}), a native of the Canary Isles. [1913 Webster]


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