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Webster 1913 Edition
golden-rod
gold′en-rodˊ
,gold′en-rodˊ
(gōld′’n-rŏdˊ)
, 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
. Golden-rod tree
(Bot.)
, a shrub (
Bosea Yervamora
), a native of the Canary Isles.