golden club

noun

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.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of golden club¹

1830–40;

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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.

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

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

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

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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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golden circle golden-crowned kinglet

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