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Webster 1913 Edition


marsh marigold

marsh mar′i-gold

(märsh măr′ĭ-gō̍ld)
.
(Bot.)
A perennial plant of the genus
Caltha
(
Caltha palustris
), growing in wet places and bearing bright yellow flowers. In the United States it is used as a pot herb under the name of
cowslip
. See
Cowslip
.