great solomon's-seal

1. 1.

   North American perennial herb with smooth foliage and drooping tubular greenish flowers

   SynonymsPolygonatum biflorumPolygonatum commutatum

   BroaderSolomon's-seal

Questions about great solomon's-seal

What does great solomon's-seal mean?

great solomon's-seal means "North American perennial herb with smooth foliage and drooping tubular greenish flowers".

What is another word for great solomon's-seal?

Close synonyms include Polygonatum biflorum, Polygonatum commutatum. 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 great solomon's-seal a common word?

great solomon's-seal 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.