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calendula

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ca⋅len⋅du⋅la

[kuh-len-juh-luh]
–noun
1. Also called pot marigold. a composite plant, Calendula officinalis, widely cultivated for its showy, many-rayed orange or yellow flower heads.
2. the dried florets of this plant, sometimes used medicinally.
3. any other plant of the genus Calendula.

Origin:
1870–75; < ML, equiv. to L calend(ae) calends + -ula -ule
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ca·len·du·la   (kə-lěn'jə-lə)   
n.  A Mediterranean annual plant (Calendula officinalis) in the composite family, widely cultivated for its showy, yellow or orange, rayed flower heads that were formerly used in medicine, coloring, and flavoring of food. Also called pot marigold.

[Medieval Latin, marigold, from Latin kalendae, calends; see calends.]
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Main Entry: ca·len·du·la
Pronunciation: k&-'len-j&-l&
Function: noun
1 capitalized : a small genus ofyellow-rayed composite herbs of temperate regions
2 : any plant of the genus Calendula
3 : the dried florets of plants of the genus Calendula(especially C. officinalis) sometimes used as a mild aromatic and diaphoretic
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