goldenrod

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The purple asters and the goldenrod are about all that remain to them Bees will go three or four miles in quest of honey, but it is a great advantage to move the hive near the good pasturage, as has been the custom from the earliest times in the Old World.

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  1. noun 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.

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  • Allium cepa (onion, which causes tears to flow and a clear burning nasal discharge that irritates the nostrils), Euphrasia (eyebright, which causes a clear and bland nasal discharge along with tears that burn and irritate the skin under the eye), Ambrosia (ragweed) and Solidago (goldenrod);, ragweed and goldenrod are herbs whose pollen is aggravating to some hay fever sufferers. —  Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]
  • The bloom season begins with 70 varieties of native spring wildflowers and thousands of daffodils in the spring and ends with goldenrod, asters and mums in the fall. —  HeraldTimesOnline.com
  • Now the goldenrod is smiling at us from the fields and the leaves are starting to change on some of the trees. —  Moomin Light
  • September 24th, 2008 upside down along the underside of the meadow's flowering surface - goldenrod, asters, snakeroot - —  Via Negativa
  • The aster and goldenrod, the dried ironweed and sumach, the red rose hips and magenta pokeberry stalks looked dead enough now, dead and dreary upon the weary, weary road. —  The Long Roll
 

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