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Webster 1913 Edition

Calendula

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Ca-len′du-la

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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.

Definition 2024

Calendula

Calendula

See also: calendula and caléndula

Translingual

Calendula officinalis

Wikispecies

Proper noun

Calendula f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – the calendulas, often called marigolds.

Hypernyms

calendula

calendula

See also: Calendula and caléndula

English

calendula
Calendula officinalis

Noun

calendula ‎(plural calendulas)

  1. Any plant of the genus Calendula, with yellow or orange flowers, often called marigolds.

Translations

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Etymology

New Latin, diminutive of calendae. See calends.

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