[med.L. (but with different application: see the note to CONSOUDE).] a. A large genus of perennial plants of the N.O. Compositæ, the N. American species of which are especially numerous; golden-rod. b. A plant of this genus, esp. S. virgaurea, a European and British species, formerly in repute for its medicinal properties, now largely cultivated as a garden flower.
1771. Encycl. Brit., III. 617/1.
1858. A. Irvine, Handbk. Brit. Plants, 524. Solidago,… Golden-Rod. A numerous genus, chiefly American, agreeing in habit, foliage, and flowers with Aster, only the flowers of the ray are not blue,… but yellow, and sometimes white.
1883. Century Mag., XXVI. Sept., 723/2. No one would have thought of painting pictures of solidagos on plush for a portière.
