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Definition of African marigold
1. Noun. A stout branching annual with large yellow to orange flower heads; Mexico and Central America.
Lexicographical Neighbors of African Marigold
Literary usage of African marigold
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Gardeners Dictionary: Containing the Methods of Cultivating and by Philip Miller (1754)
"... eft upright African marigold, with a fingle pale-yellow Flower. 2. ...
Created upright African marigold, with a large double pale- ..."
2. The English Flower Garden and Home Grounds: Design and Arrangement Shown by by William Robinson (1901)
"The follow ing are the best :— T. erecta (African marigold] is easily known by
its stiff, erect habit, and massive double yellow blooms. ..."
3. The Ladies Flower-garden of Ornamental Annuals by Loudon (Jane) (1842)
"The history of this plant is involved in some obscurity ; as the early writers
on plants appear to have confounded it with the upright or African marigold. ..."
4. Observations Upon the Climate of Uckfield, Sussex, and Its Neighbourhood by Charles Leeson Prince (1886)
"... African marigold, polyanthus, primroses, nemophila insignis and discoidalis,
yellow jasmine, &c. FEBRUARY Was a milder month, with a temperature ..."
5. Plant Names, Scientific and Popular, Including in the Case of Each Plant the by Albert Brown Lyons (1900)
"African marigold, Large African marigold. Turkey Gilliflower, African Tansy or
Flos africanus of old herbalists. b. ..."
6. My Garden, Its Plan and Culture Together with a General Description of Its by Alfred Smee (1872)
"African marigold, orange double. FIG. 480.—African marigold, single. FIG. 481.
... A single plant here and there of the African marigold ..."
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