golden ironweed

1. 1.

   perennial herb with showy yellow flowers; the eastern United States

   Synonymswingstemyellow ironweedgolden honey plantVerbesina alternifoliaActinomeris alternifolia

   Broadercrownbeard

Questions about golden ironweed

What does golden ironweed mean?

golden ironweed means "perennial herb with showy yellow flowers; the eastern United States".

What is another word for golden ironweed?

Close synonyms include wingstem, yellow ironweed, golden honey plant, Verbesina alternifolia, Actinomeris alternifolia. 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 golden ironweed a common word?

golden ironweed 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.