gold·i·locks (g l d -l ks )pl.n. (used with a sing. or pl. verb) A European plant (Aster linosyris) having narrow sessile leaves and dense corymbs of small, bright yellow, discoid flower heads. [Middle English goldi, golden (from gold, gold; see gold) + locks, pl. of lock.] |
goldilocks [ˈgəʊldɪˌlɒks]
n (functioning as singular)
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) a Eurasian plant, Aster linosyris (or Linosyris vulgaris), with clusters of small yellow flowers: family Asteraceae (composites)
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) a Eurasian ranunculaceous woodland plant, Ranunculus auricomus, with yellow flowers See also buttercup
3. (sometimes capital) a person, esp a girl, with light blond hair
4. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Environmental Science) (modifier; sometimes capital) not prone to extremes of temperature, volatility, etc. a goldilocks planet a goldilocks economy
[(for sense 4): C20: from the fairy tale Goldilocks and the Three Bears, in which the heroine prefers the porridge that is neither too hot nor too cold]
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| Noun | 1. | goldilocks - early-flowering perennial of southern and southeastern Europe with flower heads resembling those of goldenrod aster - any of various chiefly fall-blooming herbs of the genus Aster with showy daisylike flowers |
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