gold-flowern.²

Brit.

/ˈɡəʊl(d)ˌflaʊə/, U.S.

/ˈɡoʊl(d)ˌflaʊər/

Forms: see gold n.¹ and adj. and flower n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: gold adj., flower n.

Etymology: < gold adj. + flower n.In sense 2 after German Goldblume (1812 in this sense in the passage translated).

1. The everlasting plant Helichrysum stoechas, which has yellow flowers and somewhat woolly stems and leaves. Now historical and rare.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > composite flowers > everlasting or immortelle

yellow amaranth1551

gold-flower1578

mothwort1578

God's flower1597

golden cudweed1597

golden mothwort1597

moth-weed1597

aurelia1598

everlasting flower1610

everlasting1633

helichrysum1664

yellowheads1712

immortal herb1731

xeranthemum1736

eternal flower1785

immortelle1832

strawflower1924

1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball i. lxi. 89 Golde floure, Motheworte, or Golden Stechados.

1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 522 Golden Flower is called in Latine Coma aurea, of his golden lockes or beautiful bush..; in English Golde Flower, Gods Flower, and Golden Stœcados.

1629 J. Parkinson Paradisi in Sole xciii. 372 Helichrysum, siue Amaranthus luteus. Golden Flower-gentle, Goldilockes, or Gold-flower.

1823 E. Kent Flora Domestica 137 By old writers, it [sc. the Common Shrubby Everlasting] is called Gold-flower, God's-flower, Goldilocks, Golden-stoechas, and Cassidony.

2009 E. M. Test in J. G. Singh Compan. Global Renaissance xiv. 247 In pre-Columbian Europe, Dioscorides mentions amaranthus as a secondary name for the Gold-Flower (Helichrysum Staechas [sic]), also acknowledging its pagan connection.

†2. A plant of the southern African genus Gorteria (family Asteraceae ( Compositae)), comprising herbaceous plants and subshrubs with yellow or orange daisy-like flowers. Obsolete. rare.

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1815 A. Plumptre tr. H. Lichtenstein Trav. S. Afr. II. 166 It [sc. the Goudebloems river] has this name from the abundance of gorteria, gold-flowers, which grow upon its banks.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	gold-flower
释义	gold-flowern.² Brit. /ˈɡəʊl(d)ˌflaʊə/, U.S. /ˈɡoʊl(d)ˌflaʊər/ Forms: see gold n.¹ and adj. and flower n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: gold adj., flower n. Etymology: < gold adj. + flower n.In sense 2 after German Goldblume (1812 in this sense in the passage translated). 1. The everlasting plant Helichrysum stoechas, which has yellow flowers and somewhat woolly stems and leaves. Now historical and rare. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > composite flowers > everlasting or immortelle yellow amaranth1551 gold-flower1578 mothwort1578 God's flower1597 golden cudweed1597 golden mothwort1597 moth-weed1597 aurelia1598 everlasting flower1610 everlasting1633 helichrysum1664 yellowheads1712 immortal herb1731 xeranthemum1736 eternal flower1785 immortelle1832 strawflower1924 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball i. lxi. 89 Golde floure, Motheworte, or Golden Stechados. 1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 522 Golden Flower is called in Latine Coma aurea, of his golden lockes or beautiful bush..; in English Golde Flower, Gods Flower, and Golden Stœcados. 1629 J. Parkinson Paradisi in Sole xciii. 372 Helichrysum, siue Amaranthus luteus. Golden Flower-gentle, Goldilockes, or Gold-flower. 1823 E. Kent Flora Domestica 137 By old writers, it [sc. the Common Shrubby Everlasting] is called Gold-flower, God's-flower, Goldilocks, Golden-stoechas, and Cassidony. 2009 E. M. Test in J. G. Singh Compan. Global Renaissance xiv. 247 In pre-Columbian Europe, Dioscorides mentions amaranthus as a secondary name for the Gold-Flower (Helichrysum Staechas [sic]), also acknowledging its pagan connection. †2. A plant of the southern African genus Gorteria (family Asteraceae ( Compositae)), comprising herbaceous plants and subshrubs with yellow or orange daisy-like flowers. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1815 A. Plumptre tr. H. Lichtenstein Trav. S. Afr. II. 166 It [sc. the Goudebloems river] has this name from the abundance of gorteria, gold-flowers, which grow upon its banks. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.²1578
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