shepherd's clock

1. 1.

   weedy European annual with yellow flowers; naturalized in United States

   Synonymsmeadow salsifygoatsbeardTragopogon pratensis

   Broaderwildflower

   Part ofTragopogon

Questions about shepherd's clock

What does shepherd's clock mean?

shepherd's clock means "weedy European annual with yellow flowers; naturalized in United States".

What is another word for shepherd's clock?

Close synonyms include meadow salsify, goatsbeard, Tragopogon pratensis. 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 shepherd's clock a common word?

shepherd's clock 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.