goldthread
a white-flowered plant, Coptis trifolia, of the buttercup family, having a slender, yellow root that is sometimes used as a tonic.
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What could be more unassuming than goldthread and wood-sorrel?
In the Open | Stanton Davis Kirkhamgoldthread was official in the United States Pharmacopoeia from 1820 to 1880.
Ginseng and Other Medicinal Plants | A. R. (Arthur Robert) HardingIt is also applied to the stalk or petiole of a carpel, in the rare cases when there is any, as in goldthread.
The Elements of Botany | Asa GrayStory-'n'-a-half house, a good sullar, an' woods nigh-by full o' sarsaparilla an' goldthread!
Meadow Grass | Alice BrownI'm goin' into the pines arter some goldthread an' sarsaparil'.
Country Neighbors | Alice Brown
British Dictionary definitions for goldthread
/ (ˈɡəʊldˌθrɛd) /
a North American woodland ranunculaceous plant, Coptis trifolia (or C. groenlandica), with slender yellow roots
the root of this plant, which yields a medicinal tonic and a dye
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