marigold

[ mar-i-gohld ]

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noun

any of several chiefly golden-flowered composite plants, especially of the genus Tagetes, as T. erecta, having strong-scented foliage and yielding an oil that repels root parasites.
any of several unrelated plants, especially of the genus Calendula, as C. officinalis, the pot marigold.

marigold

/ ˈmærɪˌɡəʊld /

any of various tropical American plants of the genus Tagetes, esp T. erecta ( African marigold ) and T. patula ( French marigold ), cultivated for their yellow or orange flower heads and strongly scented foliage: family Asteraceae (composites)
any of various similar or related plants, such as the marsh marigold, pot marigold, bur marigold, and fig marigold

1300–50; Middle English; Mary (the Virgin), gold

C14: from Mary (the Virgin) + gold

It was mostly covered by a safety orange balaclava, which she had paired with a marigold yellow lace sundress.

Darry and Burd were planning another trip on the Marigold, and so had little time to give to the girl chums of Roselawn.

That folding wireless staff you use on the Marigold is repeated right on the top of that tower.

I do not think this is the flower, because there is no proof, as far as I know, that it was called Marigold in Shakespeare's time.

At the verge of the water, a thick green plant of marsh-marigold has one or two great golden flowers open.

Butter is often colored with annatto, saffron, turmeric, marigold or coal-tar colors.

April 25, 2024firkin

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