calendula

[kuh-len-juh-luh]

noun

1. Also called pot marigold. a composite plant, Calendula officinalis, widely cultivated for its showy, many-rayed orange or yellow flower heads.

2. the dried florets of this plant, sometimes used medicinally.

3. any other plant of the genus Calendula.

calendula

/ kæˈlɛndjʊlə /

noun

1. any Eurasian plant of the genus Calendula, esp the pot marigold, having orange-and-yellow rayed flowers: family Asteraceae (composites)

2. the dried flowers of the pot marigold, formerly used medicinally and for seasoning

Word History and Origins

Origin of calendula¹

1870–75; < Medieval Latin, equivalent to Latin calend ( ae ) calends + -ula -ule

Word History and Origins

Origin of calendula¹

C19: from Medieval Latin, from Latin kalendae _calends ; perhaps from its supposed efficacy in curing menstrual disorders