ˈgolden-ˌrod
A plant of the genus Solidago, esp. S. Virgaurea, having a rod-like stem and a spike of bright yellow flowers.
| 1568 Turner Herbal iii. 78 Virga aurea..may be called in English Golden-rod. 1616 Surfl. & Markh. Country Farme 200 Golden-rod would be sowne in a fat ground. 1718 Quincy Compl. Disp. 116 Golden-rod..flowers in July and August. 18.. Bryant Death of the Flowers 15 But on the hill the golden-rod, and the aster in the wood..in autumn beauty stood. |
b. goldenrod-tree, a shrub (Bosea Yervamora), a native of the Canary Isles.
| 1829 in Loudon Encycl. Plants. 1866 in Treas. Bot. |