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Webster 1913 Edition

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Noun.

[NL., fr. L.

calendae

calends.]

(Bot.)

A genus of composite herbaceous plants. One species,

Calendula officinalis

, is the common marigold, and was supposed to blossom on the calends of every month, whence the name.

See also: calendula and Calendula

caléndula f ‎(plural caléndulas)