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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Recently, calendula topical ointment has been shown to help prevent dermatitis in breast cancer patients undergoing radiation.
From National Geographic ● Feb. 7, 2024
Like clockwork they start grabbing from their stash — mugwort, calendula, oat straw, chrysanthemum — a blend meant to essentially chill us out.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 15, 2023
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
They were the bright yellow in the calendula flowers, the ocher streaks in the tomato skins, the yellow-green of the sorrel and kale, and the topaz of the turning maple leaves.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 20, 2019
I built up the fire in the hearth, set my shoes and damp stockings to dry in front of it, and rubbed a calendula salve on my blisters.
From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson
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
By the middle of July the calendulas, coreopsis and annual larkspur make a vivid display where the narcissus was before.
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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