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goldenrod
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goldenrod, n.
A tall herb (Solidago Virga-aurea ), bearing small yellow flowers in a graceful elongated cluster. The name is common to all the species of the genus Solidago . [1913 Webster]
Golden-rod tree (Bot.), a shrub (Bosea Yervamora ), a native of the Canary Isles.
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