golden club

American  

noun

1. an aquatic plant, Orontium aquaticum, of the arum family, native to the eastern U.S., having blue-green leaves and a clublike spadix covered with tiny yellow flowers.

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Etymology

Origin of golden club

1830–40;

Example Sentences

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golden club

In this case the eyes of sipping butterflies occasionally get their decoration of a tiny golden club, but more frequently their tongues.

From My Studio Neighbors by Gibson, William Hamilton

But the golden club, which looks something like a calla stripped of her lovely white robe, has not lacked protection for its little buds from the cold spring winds while any was needed.

From Wild Flowers An Aid to Knowledge of Our Wild Flowers and Their Insect Visitors by Blanchan, Neltje

“Do you see that blackish lump over yonder?” the ogre said, pointing with his golden club.

From Czechoslovak Fairy Tales by Fillmore, Parker

The marshes are all gay with it: it is the golden club.

From Life at Puget Sound: With Sketches of Travel in Washington Territory, British Columbia, Oregon and California by Leighton, Caroline C.

He stood in the doorway and pounded the ground with his golden club until the whole castle shook.

From Czechoslovak Fairy Tales by Fillmore, Parker