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Gold MedalnounMWEa trophy made of gold (or having the appearance of gold) that is usually awarded for winning first place in a competitionverified
Gold RushnounMWEa sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money)verified
Gold StandardnounMWEa monetary standard under which the basic unit of currency is defined by a stated quantity of goldverified
Golden AgenounMWEany period (sometimes imaginary) of great peace and prosperity and happinessverified
Golden AsternounMWEany of several shrubby herbs or subshrubs of the genus Chrysopsis having bright golden-yellow flower heads that resemble astersverified
Golden Barrel CactusnounMWElarge cactus of east central Mexico having golden to pale yellow flowers and spinesverified
Golden ButtonsnounMWEcommon perennial aromatic herb native to Eurasia having buttonlike yellow flower heads and bitter-tasting pinnate leaves sometimes used medicinallyverified
Golden ChinkapinnounMWEsmall ornamental evergreen tree of Pacific Coast whose glossy yellow-green leaves are yellow beneathverified
Golden ClubnounMWEaquatic plant of the southeastern United States having blue-green leaves and a spadix resembling a club covered with tiny yellow flowersverified
Golden CupnounMWEnative of Mexican highlands grown for its glossy clear yellow flowers and blue-grey finely dissected foliageverified
Golden EaglenounMWElarge eagle of mountainous regions of the northern hemisphere having a golden-brown head and neckverified
Golden EverlastingnounMWEAustralian plant naturalized in Spain having flowers of lemon yellow to deep goldverified
Golden Fairy LanternnounMWEglobe lily having open branched clusters of clear yellow egg-shaped flowersverified
Golden FernnounMWEstout tropical swamp fern (especially tropical America) having large fronds with golden yellow sporangia covering the undersidesverified
Golden GramnounMWEerect bushy annual widely cultivated in warm regions of India and Indonesia and United States for forage and especially its edible seedsverified
Golden GroundselnounMWEweedy herb of the eastern United States to Texas having golden-yellow flowersverified
Golden HandshakenounMWEa lucrative severance agreement offered to an employee, usually as an incentive to retireverified
Golden MaidenhairnounMWEmat-forming lithophytic or terrestrial fern with creeping rootstocks and large pinnatifid fronds found throughout North America and Europe and Africa and east Asiaverified
Golden MargueritenounMWEEurasian perennial herb with hairy divided leaves and yellow flowersverified
Golden MeannounMWEthe proportional relation between two divisions of line or two dimension of a plane figure such that short : long :: long : [short + long]verified
Golden MolenounMWEmole of southern Africa having iridescent guard hairs mixed with the underfurverified
Golden Oak MushroomnounMWEedible east Asian mushroom having a golden or dark brown to blackish cap and an inedible stipeverified
Golden ParachutenounMWEgiving top executives lucrative benefits that must be paid by the acquirer if they are discharged after a takeoververified
Golden PheasantnounMWEbrightly colored crested pheasant of mountains of western and central Asiaverified
Golden PholiotanounMWEa beautiful yellow gilled fungus found from Alaska south along the coastverified
Golden PlovernounMWEplovers of Europe and America having the backs marked with golden-yellow spotsverified
Golden PolypodynounMWEmat-forming lithophytic or terrestrial fern with creeping rootstocks and large pinnatifid fronds found throughout North America and Europe and Africa and east Asiaverified
Golden RagwortnounMWEweedy herb of the eastern United States to Texas having golden-yellow flowersverified
Golden SectionnounMWEthe proportional relation between two divisions of line or two dimension of a plane figure such that short : long :: long : (short + long)verified
Golden ThistlenounMWEany of several spiny Mediterranean herbs of the genus Scolymus having yellow flower headsverified
Golden ThreadnounMWElow-growing perennial of North America woodlands having trifoliate leaves and yellow rootstock and white flowersverified
Golden TrumpetnounMWEvigorous evergreen climbing plant of South America having glossy leathery foliage and golden yellow flowersverified
Golden WattlenounMWEshrubby Australian tree having clusters of fragrant golden yellow flowersverified
Golden WillownounMWEEuropean willow having greyish leaves and yellow-orange twigs used in basketryverified
Golden YarrownounMWEgreyish woolly leafy perennial with branched stems ending in leafless stalks bearing golden-yellow flower headsverified
Golden-Beard PenstemonnounMWEplant of southwestern United States having long open clusters of scarlet flowers with yellow hairs on lower lipverified
Goldilocks AsternounMWEearly-flowering perennial of southern and southeastern Europe with flower heads resembling those of goldenrodverified
Golf WidownounMWEa wife who is left alone much of the time because her husband is playing golfverified