goldenrod

English

Inflorescences of Solidago virgaurea minuta, a goldenrod

Etymology

From golden +‎ rod.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɡoʊldənˌɹɑd/

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Noun

goldenrod (countable and uncountable, plural goldenrods)

1. Any tall-stemmed plant principally from genus Solidago (also Oligoneuron), usually with clusters of small yellow flowers.
2. A golden-yellow colour, like that of the goldenrod plant.
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Derived terms

• goldenrod tree
• stiff-leaf goldenrod

 

Translations

plant

• Belarusian: залатацень f (zalatacjenʹ), сумнік m (sumnik)
• Bulgarian: златник m (zlatnik), енчец m (enčec)
• Catalan: vara d'or f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 一枝黄花 (yīzhīhuánghuā)

• Czech: zlatobýl (cs) m
• Danish: gyldenris
• Dutch: guldenroede (nl)
• Esperanto: solidago
• Estonian: kuldvits
• Finnish: piisku (fi)
• French: verge-d’or (fr) f, gerbe-d’or f
• German: Goldrute (de) f
• Hungarian: aranyvessző (hu)
• Irish: slat óir f
• Italian: verga d'oro f
• Japanese: アキノキリンソウ (akinokirinsō), 秋の麒麟草属 (akinokirinsōzoku)
• Kazakh: алтыншыбық (altynşybyq)
• Latin: solidago
• Latvian: zeltgalvīte f
• Lithuanian: rykštenė f
• Macedonian: златица f (zlatica)
• Navajo: mąʼii chʼil
• Norman: vèrge d'or f
• Norwegian:

  Nynorsk: gullris

• Polish: nawłoć (pl) f
• Portuguese: virgáurea f, vara-de-ouro f
• Romanian: splinuță (ro) f, splină (ro) f, vargă-de-aur (ro) f
• Russian: золота́рник (ru) m (zolotárnik)
• Serbo-Croatian: zlatnica (sh) f
• Slovak: zlatobyľ f
• Spanish: vara de oro f
• Ukrainian: золотушник m (zolotušnyk)
• Welsh: eurwialen f

colour

Adjective

goldenrod (comparative more goldenrod, superlative most goldenrod)

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

See also

• Appendix:Colors

References

• goldenrod on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Oligoneuron on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Solidago on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Solidago on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• goldenrod at USDA Plants database
• “* goldenrod”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.