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Definition of Marigold

1. Noun. Any of various tropical American plants of the genus Tagetes widely cultivated for their showy yellow or orange flowers.

Definition of Marigold

1. n. A name for several plants with golden yellow blossoms, especially the Calendula officinalis (see Calendula), and the cultivated species of Tagetes.

Definition of Marigold

1. Noun. Any garden flower plant of the genus ''Calendula'', with orange, yellow or reddish flowers. ¹

2. Noun. Any plant of the genus ''Tagetes'', a flowering plant with orange, yellow or reddish flowers. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Marigold

1. a flowering plant [n -S]

Medical Definition of Marigold

1. A name for several plants with golden yellow blossoms, especially the Calendula officinalis (see Calendula), and the cultivated species of Tagetes. There are several yellow-flowered plants of different genera bearing this name; as, the African or French marigold of the genus Tagetes, of which several species and many varieties are found in gardens. They are mostly strong-smelling herbs from South America and Mexico: bur marigold, of the genus Bidens; corn marigold, of the genus Chrysanthemum (C. Segetum, a pest in the cornfields of Italy); fig marigold, of the genus Mesembryanthemum; marsh marigold, of the genus Caltha (C. Palustris), commonly known in America as the cowslip. See Marsh Marigold. Marigold window. See Rose window, under Rose. Origin: Mary + gold. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Marigold

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

1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"The species of Tapete* bear the name of African or French marigold, though their origin Is in South America and Mexico. T. erecta, the specific African ..."

2. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1887)
"It was n't strange that so exact a lady as this should find "little marigold," as the girls called her, very trying; for "little marigold "did n't seem to ..."

3. A Book of Famous Verse by Agnes Repplier (1892)
"Her back was arched, her tail was high, A green fire glared in her vivid eye; And all the Toms, though never so bold, Quailed at the martial marigold. ..."

4. The New Poetry: An Anthology by Harriet Monroe, Alice Corbin Henderson (1917)
"THE marigold Even as the seed of the marigold, carried by the wind, lodges on the roofs of palaces, and lights the air with flame-colored blossoms, ..."

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