Effervescent Cancer Goldenrod

Latin effervēscēns, boiling-out — present-participle of effervesce, sharing root with fervere (to boil). As a color modifier, effervescent implies a saturated-and-bubbling-and-active quality, the bright color of Champagne-and-Prosecco effervescent-wine carbonation-bubble-light reflection. Sits at the bright-and-effervescent end of the grid, parallel to fizzy and sparkling in usage.

Latin cancer, crab-of-the-zodiac. As a color modifier, cancer implies a crab-and-water-sign-and-Moon-ruled-cardinal-water quality, the visual register of Hellenic-Cancer-and-Hercules-Lerna-crab hand-crab-and-water-sign-and-Moon-ruled-cardinal-water Hellenic-Cancer-and-Hercules-Lerna-crab-and-Beehive-Cluster cancer-and-crab-and-water-sign surfaces under Hellenic-Cancer-and-Hercules-Lerna-crab-and-Beehive-Cluster summer-solstice-and-June-and-July cardinal-water-sign-light. Sits at the modifier-and-zodiac end of the grid, parallel to gemini and leo in usage.

Solidago, the late-summer wildflower of North American meadows whose tall sprays of small yellow flowers signal the end of the growing season. The color refers to the flower head at full bloom: a warm, slightly muted yellow-orange with the matte finish of small clustered florets. Cooler than mustard, deeper than dandelion. The state flower of Kentucky and Nebraska, a pollinator magnet, and the original native dye for early American homespun.