a Eurasian plant, Tragopogon pratensis, with woolly stems and large heads of yellow rayed flowers surrounded by large green bracts: family Asteraceae (composites)
2.
an American rosaceous plant, Aruncus sylvester, with long spikes of small white flowers
goatsbeard in American English
(ˈgoʊtsˌbɪrd)
noun
1.
a hardy plant (Aruncus dioicus) of the rose family, with spikes of white flowers in clusters
2.
any of a genus (Tragopogon) of plants of the composite family, with flower heads and seed heads that resemblelarge dandelions, as salsify