Goatsbeard ['gәutsˏbiәd]
[植]假升麻属
goatsbeard[ noun ]
weedy European annual with yellow flowers; naturalized in United States
<noun.plant>
Goat's beard \Goat's beard\, goatsbeard \goatsbeard\n. (Bot.),
A weedy European annual with yellow flowers, of the genus
{Tragopogon}; -- so named from the long silky beard of the
seeds. One species is the {salsify} or {oyster plant}; it is
naturalized in US.
Syn: meadow salsify, shepherd's clock, {Tragopogon
pratensis}.
[1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]
- The Korean Goatsbeard from Waterloo Gardens went to Mr. and Mrs. Eleuthere I. du Pont for a $23 song.