Definition of Tagetes patula

1. Noun. Strong-scented bushy annual with orange or yellow flower heads marked with red; Mexico and Guatemala.

Exact synonyms: French Marigold
Generic synonyms: Marigold

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tagetes Patula

Taenia taeniaeformis
Taeniarhynchus
Taeniidae
Taeniorhynchus
Taenzer's stain
Taff
Taffia
Taffy
Taffys
Tafia
Taft
Tagalog
Tagalogs
Tagesa
Tagetes erecta
Tagetes patula
Tageteste
Tagliacotian
Tagliacozzian
Taglish
Tagus
Tagus River
Tahiti
Tahitian
Tahitians
Tahoe
Tahyna virus
Tai
Tai-Kadai
Tai Dam

Literary usage of Tagetes patula

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

1. Comparative Anatomy of the Vegetative Organs of the Phanerogams and Ferns by Anton Bary (1884)
"According to van Tieghem the oil passages, especially in tagetes patula, arise at the point ... Compare the details on tagetes patula in van Tieghem / . ..."

2. Hand-book of Chemistry by Leopold Gmelin, Henry Watts (1848)
"Such is the case with Tropaeolum majus, tagetes patula and erecta, Calendula officinalis, ... then Lilium bulbiferum and tagetes patula, ..."

3. Proceedings of the Horticultural Society of London by Horticultural Society of London (1861)
"tagetes patula aurantiaca . . . CARTER & Co. The true plants of this Marigold were very gay, somewhat intermediate in character between the French aud ..."

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