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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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†GOLDILOCKS, n. 1. The wood crowfoot, Ranunculus auricomus (Edb. 1886 B. & H. 211; ‡Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B.; Slk. 1955). Also in Eng. dial. By misprint galdilocks (Rxb. 1863 Trans. Hawick Arch. Soc. (June) 29).
2. The common hair-moss, Polytrichum commune.Sc. 1803 Trans. Highl. Soc. 10:
It is chiefly formed in very wet places by the successive decay of the different kinds of moss, especially of the bog-moss, and the common goldilocks intermixed with other plants which grow in wet peat-earth.
