calendula
Americannoun
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Also called pot marigold. a composite plant, Calendula officinalis, widely cultivated for its showy, many-rayed orange or yellow flower heads.
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the dried florets of this plant, sometimes used medicinally.
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any other plant of the genus Calendula.
noun
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any Eurasian plant of the genus Calendula, esp the pot marigold, having orange-and-yellow rayed flowers: family Asteraceae (composites)
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the dried flowers of the pot marigold, formerly used medicinally and for seasoning
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Etymology
Origin of calendula
1870–75; < Medieval Latin, equivalent to Latin calend ( ae ) calends + -ula -ule
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Taken internally, calendula may relieve throat infections, improve digestion, and heal gastric and duodenal ulcers.
From National Geographic ● Feb. 7, 2024
In addition to welcoming the worms, student-grown seedlings of pollinator and insect-friendly plants, like calendula, anise hyssop and phacelia, will be planted on Earth Day.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 16, 2022
We also grow calendula, lavender, sweet alyssum, nine varieties of chile peppers, tomatoes, beans, black-eyed peas, corn, squash and pumpkins.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2021
It also has calendula and chamomile to calm the skin, and sandalwood and neroli give it a heavenly scent.
From New York Times ● May 10, 2021
When Mother couldn’t get the swelling down with echinacea and calendula, Dad suggested his own remedy.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
The delicate foreground might include violas, calendulas and violet sage.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 21, 2016
Both flowers are calendulas, one a large, golden, double-petaled variety, the other an orange semidouble.
From Time Magazine Archive
Countless vases sit on every surface, holding snow-season flowers—tangerine calendulas and creamy candytufts and crimson cyclamens.
From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton
Watering the calendulas and the roses that Oliv Snyder had planted in front of the office was, I felt, one of the most hazardous jobs connected with running the motel.
From Four and Twenty Beds by Vogel, Nancy
And then all in front of the motel to the highway planted in calendulas.
From Four and Twenty Beds by Vogel, Nancy
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