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Noun

goldenrod (countable and uncountable, plural goldenrods)

• Any tall-stemmed plant principally from genus Solidago (also Oligoneuron), usually with clusters of small yellow flowers.
• A golden-yellow colour, like that of the goldenrod plant.
  • ✤ She wore a goldenrod dress with a scooping neckline.¹
  • ✤ goldenrod:

Adjective

goldenrod (comparative more goldenrod, superlative most goldenrod)

• Of a golden-yellow colour, like that of the goldenrod plant.

Etymology

From golden +‎ rod.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /ˈɡoʊldənˌɹɑd/
  • Audio (Southern England): 🔊

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Footnotes

1. 2020, Brit Bennett, The Vanishing Half, Dialogue Books, page 160: ↩