The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word GOLDENROD
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More clues leading to the result GOLDENROD
- Note former cane plant with yellow flowers
- Plant originally lacking in parts of Dordogne?
- Plant study by staff after record’s retrieved
- Autumnal plant to leave left private space for punishment
- Grand meeting with staff gathering in historical plant
- Information about senior staff in plant
- Info attached to cane carrying mature plant
- Plant information about aged staff
- Plant wolf maybe knocked over jumping across ancient river
- Odder, long hybrid plant
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What does GOLDENROD mean?
GOLDENROD noun- Any tall-stemmed plant principally from genus Solidago (also Oligoneuron), usually with clusters of small yellow flowers.
- A golden-yellow colour, like that of the goldenrod plant.
- Of a golden-yellow colour, like that of the goldenrod plant.