Solidagon.
/sɒlɪˈdeɪɡəʊ/ 1. A large genus of perennial plants of the N.O. Compositæ, the North American species of which are especially numerous; golden-rod.
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1771 Encycl. Brit. III. 617/1.
1858 A. Irvine Handbk. Brit. Plants 524 Solidago,..Golden-Rod. A numerous genus, chiefly American, agreeing in habit, foliage, and flowers with Aster, only the flowers of the ray are not blue,..but yellow, and sometimes white.
2. A plant of this genus, esp. S. virgaurea, a European and British species, formerly in repute for its medicinal properties, now largely cultivated as a garden flower.
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1883 Cent. Mag. Sept. 723/2 No one would have thought of painting pictures of solidagos on plush for a portière.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online December 2019).
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