goldilocks

gold·i·locks

G0183500 (gōl′dē-lŏks′)n. Informal A person, usually a woman or girl, with golden or blond hair.

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[goldy, golden (from Middle English : gold, gold; see gold + -y, -y; see -y¹) + locks, pl. of lock.]

goldilocks

(ˈɡəʊldɪˌlɒks) n (functioning as singular) 1. (Plants) a Eurasian plant, Aster linosyris (or Linosyris vulgaris), with clusters of small yellow flowers: family Asteraceae (composites)2. (Plants) a Eurasian ranunculaceous woodland plant, Ranunculus auricomus, with yellow flowers. See also buttercup3. (sometimes capital) a person, esp a girl, with light blond hair4. (Environmental Science) (modifier; sometimes capital) not prone to extremes of temperature, volatility, etc: a goldilocks planet; a goldilocks economy. 5. (modifier; sometimes capital) not prone to extremes of temperature, volatility, etc: a goldilocks planet; a goldilocks economy. [(for sense 4): C20: from the fairy tale Goldilocks and the Three Bears, in which the heroine prefers the porridge that is neither too hot nor too cold]

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goldilocks - early-flowering perennial of southern and southeastern Europe with flower heads resembling those of goldenrodAster linosyris, goldilocks aster, Linosyris vulgarisaster - any of various chiefly fall-blooming herbs of the genus Aster with showy daisylike flowers

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