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goldthread

[ gohld-thred ]

noun

  1. a white-flowered plant, Coptis trifolia, of the buttercup family, having a slender, yellow root that is sometimes used as a tonic.


goldthread

/ ˈɡəʊldˌθrɛd /

noun

  1. a North American woodland ranunculaceous plant, Coptis trifolia (or C. groenlandica ), with slender yellow roots
  2. the root of this plant, which yields a medicinal tonic and a dye
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of goldthread1

An Americanism dating back to 1770–80; gold + thread
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Example Sentences

What could be more unassuming than goldthread and wood-sorrel?

Goldthread was official in the United States Pharmacopoeia from 1820 to 1880.

It is also applied to the stalk or petiole of a carpel, in the rare cases when there is any, as in Goldthread.

Story-'n'-a-half house, a good sullar, an' woods nigh-by full o' sarsaparilla an' goldthread!

I'm goin' into the pines arter some goldthread an' sarsaparil'.

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