marigold

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marigold

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1. Any of various American plants of the genus Tagetes, widely cultivated for their showy yellow or orange flowers.
2. Any of several plants related to the marigold or having similar flowers, such as the marsh marigold.

[Middle English : Mari, Mary, ultimately from Greek Maria. See marionette + golde, marigold (from Old English golde, probably akin to GOLD).]

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French marigold (Tagetes patula). (credit: Robert Bornemann/Photo Researchers)

Any of about 50 species of annual herbaceous plants that make up the genus Tagetes in the aster family (Asteraceae), native to southwestern North America. The name also refers to the pot marigold (calendula) and unrelated plants of several families. Marigolds include popular garden ornamentals such as African marigold (T. erecta) and French marigold (T. patula), which have solitary or clustered red, orange, and yellow flowers and usually finely cut leaves. Because the strongly scented leaves discourage insect pests, marigolds are often planted among vegetable crops.

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Pot or common marigold (Calendula officinalis); petals are used as flavouring and colouring, sometimes as a substitute for saffron.

A bright yellow flower used culinarily to flavor and add color to salads, soups and other dishes. The petals are sometimes dried, powdered and used as a coloring agent. See also flowers, edible.

Formalized circular floral decoration in Greek architecture, resembling a rosette, but more like a chrysanthemum or marigold, repeated in series, e.g. on the architrave of the north portico of the Erechtheion, Athens.

Marigold may refer to:

Plants:

• Marigold (common), Tagetes
• Pot marigold, Calendula
• Mexican marigold, Tagetes erecta
• Tree marigold, Tithonia diversifolia
• Desert marigold, Baileya multiradiata
• Corn marigold, Glebionis segetum
• Marsh marigold, Caltha palustris

Arts and entertainment:

• Marigold (1938 film), British film
• Marigold (2007 film), Bollywood romantic comedy
• Marigolds (short story), by Eugenia Collier
• Marigold Sky, 1997 album by Hall & Oates
• "Marigold", a song by Nirvana on the B side of their single release "Heart-Shaped Box"
• "Marigold", a song by the Foo Fighters.
• "Marigold", a nickname for the character Winston Spencer Churchill in the British television series In Sickness and in Health
• "Marigold", a song by Sugarplum Fairy.
• "Marigold Flowers", a fictional character in Sue Townsend's Novel Adrian Mole and the weapons of mass destruction
• "Marigold" a novelty piano solo composed by Billy Mayerl

Ships:

• USS Marigold (1863), a ship used by the Union Navy during the American Civil War
• HMS Marigold (K87), a ship of the Royal Navy

Other uses:

• Marigold, California
• Marigold Linton, Native American cognitive psychologist

Marigolds are found in slang terminology:

• In British English (colloquial):

A Marigold is a rubber glove, especially a yellow or orange one one used for washing dishes.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - morgenfrue, fløjlsblomst, tagetes

Nederlands (Dutch)
afrikaantje, goudsbloem

Français (French)
n. - (Bot) souci

Deutsch (German)
n. - Studentenblume, Ringelblume

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (φυτολ.) ταγέτης, κατιφές

Italiano (Italian)
calendula

Português (Portuguese)
n. - calêndula (f) (Bot.)

Русский (Russian)
ноготки

Español (Spanish)
n. - caléndula, maravilla

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - ringblomma

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
万寿菊, 金盏花

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 萬壽菊, 金盞花

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 여자의 이름, 금잔화

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - キンセンカ, マリーゴールド

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) نبات الآذريون, نبات القطيفه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮ציפורני-החתול (פרח)‬

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