Definition of Genus calendula

1. Noun. Marigold.

Generic synonyms: Asterid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Aster Family, Asteraceae, Compositae, Family Asteraceae, Family Compositae
Member holonyms: Calendula

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Calendula

genus Cadra
genus Caenolestes
genus Caesalpinia
genus Caiman
genus Cairina
genus Cajanus
genus Cakile
genus Caladenia
genus Caladium
genus Calamagrostis
genus Calamintha
genus Calamus
genus Calandrinia
genus Calanthe
genus Calceolaria
genus Calendula
genus Calidris
genus Calla
genus Calliandra
genus Callicebus
genus Callimorpha
genus Callinectes
genus Calliophis
genus Calliphora
genus Callirhoe
genus Callisaurus
genus Callistephus
genus Callithrix
genus Callitriche
genus Callitris

Literary usage of Genus calendula

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

1. Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse by Edward Step (1897)
"genus calendula CALENDULA (Latin, calendas, the first day of each month ; in allusion to its almost perpetual flowering). A genus of about twenty species of ..."

2. Arboretum Et Fruticetum Britannicum: Or, The Trees and Shrubs of Britain by John Claudius Loudon (1838)
"will give a some idea of the general appearance of the genus. Calendula is a genus of which several species arc natives of the Cape, and are evergreens, ..."

3. The Intellectual Observer (1866)
"... the genus is perhaps not distinct from Chrysanthemum; the curious genus, Calendula, of which the garden marigold is a good example, is represented by a ..."

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