goldenrod(n = noun.plant) - any of numerous chiefly summer-blooming and fall-blooming North American plants especially of the genus Solidago;
is a kind of wild flower, wildflower
is a member of genus solidago, solidago
has particulars: silverrod, solidago bicolor, canadian goldenrod, meadow goldenrod, solidago canadensis, missouri goldenrod, solidago missouriensis, alpine goldenrod, solidago multiradiata, gray goldenrod, grey goldenrod, solidago nemoralis, blue mountain tea, solidago odora, sweet goldenrod, dyer's weed, solidago rugosa, beach goldenrod, seaside goldenrod, solidago sempervirens, narrow goldenrod, solidago spathulata, boott's goldenrod, elliott's goldenrod, ohio goldenrod, rough-stemmed goldenrod, showy goldenrod, tall goldenrod, broad leaved goldenrod, zigzag goldenrod

   A tall herb (Solidago Virga-aurea), bearing small yellow flowers in a graceful elongated cluster. The name is common to all the species of the genus Solidago. [1913 Webster]

alpine goldenrod, beach goldenrod, boott's goldenrod, broad leaved goldenrod, canadian goldenrod, elliott's goldenrod, gray goldenrod, grey goldenrod, meadow goldenrod, missouri goldenrod, narrow goldenrod, ohio goldenrod, rough-stemmed goldenrod, seaside goldenrod, showy goldenrod, sweet goldenrod, tall goldenrod, zigzag goldenrod