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Webster 1913 Edition

Golding

{

Gold′in

,

Gold′ing

, }

Noun.

(Bot.)

[From the golden color of the blossoms.]

A conspicuous yellow flower, commonly the corn marigold (

Chrysanthemum segetum

).

[This word is variously corrupted into

gouland

,

gools

,

gowan

, etc.]