goldflower

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1. : any of several yellow-flowered or predominantly yellow-flowered composite plants: as

a. : either of two European everlastings (Helichrysum stoechas and H. orientale)

b. : any of various bristly leaved annual herbs of southern Africa that constitute the genus Gorteria and have solitary or corymbose flower heads with ligulate orange-yellow ray flowers marked with brown

c. : a biennial herb (Hymenoxys biennis) of dry uplands of the southwestern United States that has yellow flower heads with fertile ray flowers

2. : a shrubby hybrid St.-John's-wort (Hypericum × moserianum) with large golden yellow flowers