The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Gold \Gold\ (g[=o]ld), Golde \Golde\, Goolde \Goolde\
   (g[=oo]ld), n. (Bot.)
   An old English name of some yellow flower, -- the marigold
   (Calendula), according to Dr. Prior, but in Chaucer perhaps
   the turnsole.
   [1913 Webster]