star of the veldt

1. 1.

   any of several South African plants grown for the profusion of usually yellow daisylike flowers and mounds of aromatic foliage

   Synonymscape marigoldsun marigold

   Broaderflower

   Part ofDimorphotheca

Questions about star of the veldt

What does star of the veldt mean?

star of the veldt means "any of several South African plants grown for the profusion of usually yellow daisylike flowers and mounds of aromatic foliage".

What is another word for star of the veldt?

Close synonyms include cape marigold, sun marigold. 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 star of the veldt a common word?

star of the veldt 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.