Definitions for goatsbeard

goatsbeard goats·beard

Spelling: [gohts-beerd]
IPA: /ˈgoʊtsˌbɪərd/

Goatsbeard is a 10 letter English word.

You can make 916 anagrams from letters in goatsbeard (aabdegorst).

Definitions for goatsbeard

noun

  1. any of several composite plants of the genus Tragopogon, especially T. pratensis, having yellow flower heads.
  2. a plant, Aruncus dioicus, of the rose family, having pinnate leaves and long, slender spikes of small white flowers.

Origin of goatsbeard

1570-80; goat + -'s1 + beard

Examples for goatsbeard

The goatsbeard or Salsify bears large purple flower-heads with yellow centers at the tips of stiff, straight stems, 2-4 ft. tall.

The flowers of the goatsbeard have the curious habit of closing at midday, even when the sun is shining.

The name “goatsbeard” refer to the clusters of stiff hairy fruits.

Drooping hemlocks, festooned with goatsbeard lichen, keep the spot in cool, somber gloom even on the hottest midday.

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