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calendula vs. marigold
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noun
- a composite plant, Calendula officinalis, widely cultivated for its showy, many-rayed orange or yellow flower heads.
- the dried florets of this plant, sometimes used medicinally.
- any other plant of the genus Calendula.
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noun
- any of several chiefly golden-flowered composite plants, especially of the genus Tagetes, as T. erecta, having strong-scented foliage and yielding an oil that repels root parasites.
- any of several unrelated plants, especially of the genus Calendula, as C. officinalis, the pot marigold.