Solomon's seal (Bot.), a perennial liliaceous plant of the genus Polygonatum, having simple erect or curving stems rising from thick and knotted rootstocks, and with white or greenish nodding flowers. The commonest European species is Polygonatum multiflorum. P. biflorum and P. giganteum are common in the Eastern United States. See Illust. of Rootstock. -- False Solomon's seal (Bot.), any plant of the liliaceous genus Smilacina having small whitish flowers in terminal racemes or panicles.

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

Solomon, n. a very wise person.

Idiom

Solomon's seal
1 a figure like the Star of David.
2 any liliaceous plant of the genus Polygonatum, with arching stems and drooping green and white flowers.

Derivative

Solomonic adj.

Etymology

Solomon, king of Israel in the 10th c. BC, famed for his wisdom

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ROGET THESAURUS

Solomon

Sage

N sage, wise man, genius, master mind, master spirit of the age, longhead, thinker, intellectual, longhair, authority, oracle, luminary, shining light, esprit fort, magnus Apollo, Solon, Solomon, Nestor, Magi, second Daniel, man of learning, expert, wizard, wiseacre, bigwig, know-it-all, poor man's Einstein, venerable, reverenced, emeritus, barba tenus sapientes.

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