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crownbeard

[ kroun-beerd ]

noun

  1. any of various American composite plants constituting the genus Verbesina, having clustered, usually yellow flower heads.
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of crownbeard1

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