golden club

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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of golden club¹

1830–40; Americanism

Example Sentences

The water edges are full of interesting flora as well, including the exquisite aquatic aroid golden club, along with the rare bog plant named swamppink.

From Washington Post

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

First, coming down the street will be seen about thirty infantry bearing each a golden club, and shouting: "Get out; get out!"

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