crownbeard

[kroun-beerd]

noun

1. any of various American composite plants constituting the genus Verbesina, having clustered, usually yellow flower heads.

Word History and Origins

Origin of crownbeard¹

An Americanism dating back to 1855–60; crown + beard

Example Sentences

A fast-growing weed introduced on the islands, golden crownbeard, literally swallows nests up, preventing adults from reaching their starving young.

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