rough-stemmed goldenrod

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   a variety of goldenrod

   Broadergoldenrod

Questions about rough-stemmed goldenrod

What does rough-stemmed goldenrod mean?

rough-stemmed goldenrod means "a variety of goldenrod".

Is rough-stemmed goldenrod a common word?

rough-stemmed goldenrod 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.