marigold
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- Any of various American plants of the genus Tagetes, widely cultivated for their showy yellow or orange flowers.
- 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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marigold
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French marigold (Tagetes patula). (credit: Robert Bornemann/Photo Researchers)
French marigold (Tagetes patula). (credit: Robert Bornemann/Photo Researchers)
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Oxford Food & Nutrition Dictionary:
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marigold
Pot or common marigold (Calendula officinalis); petals are used as flavouring and colouring, sometimes as a substitute for saffron.
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marigold
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.
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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.
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marigold
marigold, any plant of the genus Tagetes of the family Asteraceae (aster family), mostly Central and South American herbs cultivated elsewhere as garden flowers. The two common species of marigold, both annuals, are distinguished as African, or Aztec (T. erecta), and French (T. patula) although both are native to Mexico and Guatemala. The African commonly has large yellow or orange flower heads and the strong-scented foliage typical of the genus, but an odorless kind has been developed; the French has smaller flower heads, single or double, usually two tones of yellow or orange and red. Other plants sharing the name marigold include marsh marigold (in the buttercup family), bur marigold, and pot marigold (see calendula). Marigolds are classified in the division Magnoliophyta, class Magnoliopsida, order Asterales, family Asteraceae.
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Source: Tagetes erecta L., T. patula L., and T. minuta L. (syn. T. glandulifera Schrank) (Family Compositae or Asteraceae).
Common/vernacular names: African marigold, Aztec marigold, big marigold (T. erecta); French marigold (T. patula); Mexican marigold (T. minuta); marigold.
Strong-scented annual herbs, usually 0.3–1 m high; leaves strong scented, pinnately divided leaves; T. erecta bears the largest flower heads (ca. 5–10 cm across) among the three species; generally considered to be natives of Mexico (T. erecta and T. patula) and South America (T. minuta); cultivated or found growing wild worldwide, including Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, and Australia (T. minuta) and Europe, India, and China (T. erecta and T. patula).
Tagetes oil is obtained by steam distillation of the aboveground parts of all the three species (especially T. minuta).
Tagetes meal is the dried ground flower petals of Aztec marigold (T. erecta); tagetes extract is the hexane extract of the flower petals of Aztec marigold.
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Tagettes (Marigold) (Tagets patula L., T. erecta L., T. minuta L.)
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Marigold may refer to:
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Plants
- Common marigold, Tagetes
- Pot marigold, Calendula
- Mexican marigold, Tagetes erecta
- Tree marigold, Tithonia diversifolia
- Desert marigold, Baileya multiradiata
- Corn marigold, Glebionis segetum
- French marigold, Tagetes patula
- Marsh marigold, Caltha palustris
Arts and entertainment
- Marigold (1938 film), British film
- Marigold (2007 film), Bollywood romantic comedic
- "Marigolds" (short story), by Eugenia Collier
- Marigold Sky, 1997 album by Hall & Oates
- "Marigold" (song), a song by Nirvana on the B side of their single release "Heart-Shaped Box"
- "Marigold - Gloria Swanson" a song by "The Hollies" on "Hollies Sing Hollies"-1969
- "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
- "Marigold", a character in the webcomic Questionable Content
Ships
Real
- USS Marigold (1863), a ship used by the Union Navy during the American Civil War
- HMS Marigold
- HMS Marigold (K87), a ship of the Royal Navy
- USLHT Marigold, a lighthouse tender which served on the Great Lakes
Places
People
- Marigold Linton (born 1936), Native American cognitive psychologist
Other
- Cape Marigold (disambiguation)
- Magic for Marigold, a 1929 novel by L. M. Montgomery
- Operation Marigold
- A Marigold is a rubber glove in British English, especially a yellow or orange one used for washing dishes
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Marigold
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
Português (Portuguese)
n. - calêndula (f) (Bot.)
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
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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