goat's-beard

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English

goat's beard
illustrations of Tragopogon pratensis

Etymology

From goat + beard, in translation of Greek τραγοπώγον or Latin barba capri.

Pronunciation

Noun

goat's-beard (countable and uncountable, plural goat's-beards)

  1. A woodland plant of the family Rosaceae, Aruncus dioicus.
  2. A yellow-flowered Eurasian plant, of the genus Tragopogon.

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