GOLDENROD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does goldenrod mean? 

• GOLDENROD (noun)
  The noun GOLDENROD has 1 sense:

1. any of numerous chiefly summer-blooming and fall-blooming North American plants especially of the genus Solidago

  Familiarity information: GOLDENROD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GOLDENROD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of numerous chiefly summer-blooming and fall-blooming North American plants especially of the genus Solidago

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("goldenrod" is a kind of...):

wild flower; wildflower (wild or uncultivated flowering plant)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "goldenrod"):

beach goldenrod; seaside goldenrod; Solidago sempervirens (vigorous showy goldenrod common along eastern coast and Gulf Coast of North America)

broad leaved goldenrod; zigzag goldenrod; tall goldenrod; showy goldenrod; rough-stemmed goldenrod; Ohio goldenrod; Elliott's goldenrod; Boott's goldenrod (a variety of goldenrod)

narrow goldenrod; Solidago spathulata (western American goldenrod with long narrow clusters of small yellow flowers)

dyer's weed; Solidago rugosa (eastern North American herb whose yellow flowers are (or were) used in dyeing)

Blue Mountain tea; Solidago odora; sweet goldenrod (goldenrod of eastern America having aromatic leaves from which a medicinal tea is made)

gray goldenrod; grey goldenrod; Solidago nemoralis (a dyer's weed of Canada and the eastern United States having yellow flowers sometimes used in dyeing)

alpine goldenrod; Solidago multiradiata (goldenrod similar to narrow goldenrod but having bristly hairs on edges of leaf stalks; mountainous regions of western America)

Missouri goldenrod; Solidago missouriensis (similar to meadow goldenrod but usually smaller)

Canadian goldenrod; meadow goldenrod; Solidago canadensis (large North American goldenrod having showy clusters of yellow flowers on arching branches; often a weed)

silverrod; Solidago bicolor (plant of eastern North America having creamy white flowers)

Holonyms ("goldenrod" is a member of...):

genus Solidago; Solidago (goldenrod)

 Context examples 

Goldenrod may also possess anti-inflammatory, antiseptic properties, diuretic and antifungal properties, and may relieve chemotherapy-induced side-effects.

(Goldenrod, NCI Thesaurus)

Goldenrod and asters fringed the mossy walls.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)