Find the word definition

The Collaborative International Dictionary
Goat's beard

Goat's beard \Goat's beard\, goatsbeard \goatsbeard\n. (Bot.), A weedy European annual with yellow flowers, of the genus Tragopogon; -- so named from the long silky beard of the seeds. One species is the salsify or oyster plant; it is naturalized in US.

Syn: meadow salsify, shepherd's clock, Tragopogon pratensis.

Usage examples of "goat's beard".

Feldman wore a fur hat, carried a briefcase and looked like Trotsky, down to a goat's beard of snow white.