goatsbeard

goats·beard also goat's-beard  (gtsbîrd)

n.

1. Any of several Eurasian species of the genus Tragopogon, especially T. pratensis, a weed widely naturalized in eastern North America, having grasslike leaves and yellow, dandelionlike flower heads.

2. A genus (Aruncus) of dioecious plants, native to the north temperate and subarctic zones, having bi- to tri-pinnately compound leaves and a large panicle of small white flowers.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

goatsbeard - weedy European annual with yellow flowers; naturalized in United States meadow salsify, shepherd's clock, Tragopogon pratensis wild flower, wildflower - wild or uncultivated flowering plant genus Tragopogon, Tragopogon - genus of Old World herbs with linear entire leaves and yellow or purple flower heads