Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Any of numerous chiefly North American plants of the genus Solidago, having clusters of small yellow flower heads that bloom in late summer or fall.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. 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.
- n. Same as gray goldenrod.
Wiktionary
- n. A tall-stemmed, plant with clusters of small yellow flowers.
- n. A golden-yellow colour, like that of the goldenrod plant.
- adj. Of a golden-yellow colour, like that of the goldenrod plant.
GNU Webster's 1913
- 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.
WordNet 3.0
- n. any of numerous chiefly summer-blooming and fall-blooming North American plants especially of the genus Solidago
Examples
“The goldenrod is a golden yellow, and the bright yellow Jerusalem artichoke flowers are blooming in great bunches along some highways.”
“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.”
“Where the high minko had been buried, goldenrod, daisies, and sunflowers sprouted.”
“What will the puppet show need to include for students to understand the life of a goldenrod gallfly, for example?”
Voice of America: Volunteers Keep Hands-On Science Alive in US Classrooms
“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.”
The Washington Post: Green Scene: The bounty of fall includes tours, lectures and workshops
“How far can we go in this stretch of tall grass and goldenrod?”
“Over this was draped with white chiffon, on which a pattern of goldenrod, the National flower, was embroidered in silver.”
“There was nothing charming about the scene today—just dead, brown goldenrod and crashed-over clumps of yellow grass.”
“She sings and the sky opens up – a raging storm thunder-flash strike of significance – a wind whispering cool with the sweet smell of late-summer goldenrod – the warm sun ripening the fruit on the vine.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘goldenrod’.
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phrontistery - g
from phrontistery.info
gabardine, gabbart, gabble, gabbro, gabelle, gabion, gablock, gad, gadarene, gadoid, gadroon, gadzookery and 439 more...
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Uncommon Colours
azure, myrtle, periwinkle, viridian, jade, emerald, lime, chartreuse, asparagus, celadon, harlequin, olive and 147 more...
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Crayon Colors
This is a continuing list of Crayon Colors past and present. As I find new ones added to the "box", I will add them here as well!
black, blue, brown, apricot, bittersweet, blue green, blue violet, brick red, burnt sienna, carnation pink, cornflower, flesh and 134 more...
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Archaic Colours
Words for colours that have fallen out of use.
aeneous, croceate, cretaceous, cramoisy, corbeau, coquelicot, coccineous, claret, cinerious, chrysochlorous, chlorochrous, cesious and 128 more...
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Sufjan Stevens invites you to Come On...
All things Sufjan.
Sufjan Stevens, Illinois, Michigan, Christmas, what would Frank ..., seven swans, revenant, Casimir Pulaski Day, Asthmatic Kitty, Enjoy Your Rabbit, Carl Sandburg, Superman and 50 more...
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Yellows
sunflower, sunshine, amber, apricot, corn, cream, goldenrod, gold, flax, gamboge, lemon, mustard and 2 more...
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Galls
As in, the growths; not to be confused with /lists/the-gall.
knopper, oak marble, aleppo, crown, oak apple, pineapple, rose bedeguar, oak artichoke, cola-nut, red-pea, red currant, red-wart and 20 more...
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Colors
cerise, carnelian, florid, claret, watchet, rosaceous, coquelicot, vermilion, celadon, nacreous, lapis, viridescent and 132 more...
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Amalgamations
Words that have been smashed together.
keystone, touchstone, footprint, thunderhead, seesaw, textbook, leftovers, watchword, afterbirth, fieldwork, outcast, statesman and 148 more...
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color me mauve
color words
albescent, ecru, eggshell, mauve, taupe, ochre, ashen, goldenrod, gamboge, cream, saffron, mustard and 109 more...
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chromatica
cerulean, vermilion, sienna, terracotta, red, yellow, umber, green, blue, ultramarine, burnt sienna, cadmium yellow and 108 more...
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Crayola Crayon Colors Circa 1998
almond, antique brass, apricot, aquamarine, asparagus, atomic tangerine, banana mania, beaver, bittersweet, black, blizzard blue, blue and 108 more...
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Words Covered in Faery Dust (G)
words that evoke magic, mystery, mayhem, magnificence or anything else that glimmers in the grass
gable, gaia, gala, galaxy, gallows, gambol, garden, garland, garnet, gauntlet, gazebo, gazelle and 105 more...
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The Lies of Locke Lamora
Words and phrases from Scott Lynch's book, The Lies of Locke Lamora
constable, windfall, sternum, commensurate, disinter, grotty, thresher shark, savvy, miser, reticent, magnanimous, trowel and 301 more...
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Clearinghouse
For stuff to simply reside.
calcar, pinion, espadrille, antipodes, peregrine, cormorant, tanager, vireo, farrago, undervest, passerine, oscine and 881 more...
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Chromonyms
These chromonyms are defined as colors in at least one dictionary (mostly MW3). (Actually there's one fake, for reasons I'll explain someday.) They are all one-word nouns such as "kelly", which can...
absinthe, acacia, acorn, alabaster, alesan, almond, aloma, amaranth, amber, amethyst, anemone, anil and 821 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for goldenrod.
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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'. Oct 4, 2008