false goatsbeard

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   North American astilbe with panicles of creamy white flowers

   SynonymsAstilbe biternata

   Broaderastilbe

Questions about false goatsbeard

What does false goatsbeard mean?

false goatsbeard means "North American astilbe with panicles of creamy white flowers".

What is another word for false goatsbeard?

Close synonyms include Astilbe biternata. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is false goatsbeard a common word?

false goatsbeard is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.