Standard Lemma guide

goat's-beard

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

  • /ˈɡəʊtsbɪəd/

1

noun

Meaning 1

A woodland plant of the family Rosaceae, Aruncus dioicus.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A yellow-flowered Eurasian plant, of the genus Tragopogon.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From goat + beard, in translation of Greek τραγοπώγον or Latin barba capri.

Across languages

Translations

18 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Dutch: geitenbaard — Aruncus dioicus
  • Finnish: isotöyhtöangervo — Aruncus dioicus
  • Norwegian Bokmål: skogskjegg — Aruncus dioicus
  • Polish: parzydło — Aruncus dioicus
  • Russian: волжа́нка обыкнове́нная (volžánka obyknovénnaja) — Aruncus dioicus
  • Turkish: keçisakalı — Aruncus dioicus
  • Turkish: erkeçsakalı — Aruncus dioicus
  • Turkish: çayır melikesi — Aruncus dioicus
  • Armenian: սինձ (sinj) — any plant of the genus Tragopogon
  • Catalan: barbeta — any plant of the genus Tragopogon
  • Catalan: barba de cabra — any plant of the genus Tragopogon
  • Dutch: morgenster — any plant of the genus Tragopogon
  • Finnish: pukinparta — any plant of the genus Tragopogon
  • West-Frisian: moarnsstjer — any plant of the genus Tragopogon
  • Polish: kozibród — any plant of the genus Tragopogon
  • Russian: козлоборо́дник (kozloboródnik) — any plant of the genus Tragopogon
  • Turkish: tekesakalı — any plant of the genus Tragopogon
  • Ottoman Turkish: تكه صقالی (teke sakalı) — any plant of the genus Tragopogon