Definition of Cape marigold

1. Noun. Any of several South African plants grown for the profusion of usually yellow daisylike flowers and mounds of aromatic foliage.

Exact synonyms: Star Of The Veldt, Sun Marigold
Generic synonyms: Flower
Group relationships: Dimorphotheca, Genus Dimorphotheca

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cape Marigold

caparisoned
caparisoning
caparisons
caparro
caparros
capas
capcase
capcases
cape
cape aloe
cape forget-me-not
cape gooseberry
cape hyacinth
cape jasmine
cape jessamine
cape marigold (current term)
cape teal
cape teals
cape yellowwood
capeador
capeadors
capecitabine
caped
caped crusader
capeesh
capel
capelan
capelans
capeless
capelet

Literary usage of Cape marigold

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Ladies Flower-garden of Ornamental Annuals by Loudon (Jane) (1842)
"When cultivated in a garden, the seed only requires to be sown in a dry sandy soil, in March or April. GENUS XXIV. DIMORPHOTHECA, Vaill. THE cape marigold. ..."

2. Garden Flowers: How to Cultivate Them. A Treatise on the Culture of Hardy by Edward Sprague Rand (1866)
"C. pluvialis (rainy); small cape marigold ; half-hardy annual ; i foot; flowers white, in July; Cape ; 1693. ..."

3. British Farmer's Magazine (1855)
"The seed of the nettle will not germinate at a temperature sufficient for groundsel, nor the cape marigold in the temperature that suits the nettle, ..."

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