Definition of Tagetes

1. Noun. (plural of tagete) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Tagetes

1. a plant [n TAGETES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tagetes

tag sales
tag soup
tag team
tagalong
tagalongs
tagamet
tagasaste
tagati
tagatose
tagatose kinase
tagaturonate reductase
tagbelt
tagboard
tagboards
tagete
tagetes (current term)
taggable
taggant
taggants
tagged
tagged atom
tagged off
tagged on
taggee
taggees
taggers
taggier
taggiest
tagging

Literary usage of Tagetes

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

1. Hand-book of Chemistry by Leopold Gmelin, Henry Watts (1860)
"... fragrant in the dilute state. (Büchner, N. Br. Arch. 8170.) Oil of Syringa vulgaris, see Oil of Lilac, p. 377. 9- Volatile Oil of tagetes glandulosa. ..."

2. Handy Book of the Flower-garden, Being Practical Directions for the by David Thomson (1876)
"THYMUS—TUSSILAGO—tagetes, ETC. THYMUS CITRIODORUS LUTEA—T. AUREUS LUTEA —Golden ... tagetes SIGNATA PUMILA—Orange-yellow with Brown Spots, I foot. ..."

3. The Magazine of Horticulture, Botany, and All Useful Discoveries and by C M Hovey (1847)
"tagetes pinnata.—Allow me to offer my meed of praise to this delightful annual. As a perpetual bloomer, from earliest summer till latest autumn, ..."

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