Any plant with golden-colored flowers or foliage, or specifically plants historically used as a dye source to produce golden colors.
Compound of 'gold' and 'weed,' where 'weed' is used in the older sense of any plant or herb. Named for the plant's appearance or the golden dye it produces.
Before synthetic dyes were invented, plants like goldenrod were worth their weight in gold to textile makers—'goldweed' names show how much people valued plants that could create rare golden colors.
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