goldenrod

n.

1.

(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.

Noun

1.

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

alpine goldenrod, beach goldenrod, Blue Mountain tea, Boott's goldenrod, broad leaved goldenrod, Canadian goldenrod, dyer's weed, Elliott's goldenrod, genus Solidago, gray goldenrod, meadow goldenrod, Missouri goldenrod, narrow goldenrod, Ohio goldenrod, rough-stemmed goldenrod, seaside goldenrod, showy goldenrod, silverrod, Solidago, Solidago bicolor, Solidago canadensis, Solidago missouriensis, Solidago multiradiata, Solidago nemoralis, Solidago odora, Solidago rugosa, Solidago sempervirens, Solidago spathulata, sweet goldenrod, tall goldenrod, wild flower, wildflower, zigzag goldenrod