goldenrod

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a tall plant of the genus Solidago or a related genus, bearing clusters of small yellow flowers

   Goldenrod filled the meadow with yellow plumes in late summer.

2. 2
   noun

   a deep golden-yellow color like the flowers of the goldenrod plant

   The painter chose goldenrod for the brightest stripe in the mural.

3. 3
   adj

   having the deep yellow color associated with goldenrod flowers

   A goldenrod scarf added a warm note to the gray coat.

A transparent compound of golden and rod, named for the plant's tall rodlike stems and masses of yellow flowers. The plant name later supplied a color term.

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