Standard Lemma guide

goldenrod

adj · noun · 4 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.

  • US: /ˈɡoʊldənˌɹɑd/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: G OW1 L D AH0 N R AA2 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Of a golden-yellow colour, like that of the goldenrod plant.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Any tall-stemmed plant principally from genus Solidago (also Oligoneuron), usually with clusters of small yellow flowers.

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

3

noun

Meaning 3

A golden-yellow colour, like that of the goldenrod plant.

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

4

noun

Meaning 4

any of numerous chiefly summer-blooming and fall-blooming North American plants especially of the genus Solidago

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: wildflower, wild flower

Narrower terms: silverrod, Solidago bicolor, meadow goldenrod, Canadian goldenrod, Solidago canadensis, Missouri goldenrod, Solidago missouriensis, alpine goldenrod, Solidago multiradiata, grey goldenrod, gray goldenrod, Solidago nemoralis, Blue Mountain tea, sweet goldenrod, Solidago odora, dyer's weed, Solidago rugosa, seaside goldenrod, beach goldenrod, Solidago sempervirens, narrow goldenrod, Solidago spathulata, Boott's goldenrod, Elliott's goldenrod, Ohio goldenrod, rough-stemmed goldenrod, showy goldenrod, tall goldenrod, zigzag goldenrod, broad leaved goldenrod

History

Etymology

From golden + rod.

Across languages

Translations

45 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Polish: złotożółty — of a golden-yellow colour
  • Belarusian: залатацень (zalatacjenʹ) — plant
  • Belarusian: сумнік (sumnik) — plant
  • Bulgarian: златник (zlatnik) — plant
  • Bulgarian: енчец (enčec) — plant
  • Catalan: vara d'or — plant
  • Chinese Mandarin: 一枝黄花 (yīzhīhuánghuā) — plant
  • Czech: zlatobýl — plant
  • Danish: gyldenris — plant
  • Dutch: guldenroede — plant
  • Esperanto: solidago — plant
  • Estonian: kuldvits — plant
  • Finnish: piisku — plant
  • French: verge-d'or — plant
  • French: gerbe-d'or — plant
  • German: Goldrute — plant
  • Hungarian: aranyvessző — plant
  • Irish: slat óir — plant
  • Italian: verga d'oro — plant
  • Japanese: アキノキリンソウ (akinokirinsō) — plant
  • Japanese: 秋の麒麟草属 (akinokirinsōzoku) — plant
  • Kazakh: алтыншыбық (altynşybyq) — plant
  • Korean: 미역취 (miyeokchwi) — plant
  • Latin: solidago — plant
  • Latvian: zeltgalvīte — plant
  • Lithuanian: rykštenė — plant
  • Macedonian: златица (zlatica) — plant
  • Navajo: mąʼii chʼil — plant
  • Norman: vèrge d'or — plant
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: gullris — plant
  • Polish: nawłoć — plant
  • Portuguese: virgáurea — plant
  • Portuguese: vara-de-ouro — plant
  • Romanian: splinuță — plant
  • Romanian: splină — plant
  • Romanian: vargă-de-aur — plant
  • Russian: золота́рник (zolotárnik) — plant
  • Serbo-Croatian: zlatnica — plant
  • Slovak: zlatobyľ — plant
  • Spanish: vara de oro — plant
  • Turkish: altınbaşak — plant
  • Ukrainian: золотушник (zolotušnyk) — plant
  • Unami: wisaòtaèk — plant
  • Welsh: eurwialen — plant
  • Polish: kolor złotożółty — colour
Real reading context

goldenrod in complete knowledge articles