marigold
marigold
Definition
mari·gold (mar′ə gōld′)
noun
- any of a genus (Tagetes) of annual plants of the composite family, with chiefly red, yellow, or orange flowers
- the flower of any of these
- any of several other plants, usually of the composite family, as the pot marigold
Etymology: ME marigolde < Marie (prob. the Virgin Mary) + gold, gold
marigold
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- plant: We dug a hole in the soil and then we planted the marigolds and put soil around them.
- include: The wide and varied flora includes marsh marigold, oxlip and cowslip.
- grow: Please tell me if you did in fact grow marigolds even if you did not get a photograph.
- use: Reply I have always used African Marigolds to reduce nematodes on my onions.
- find: Surprisingly we did find marsh marigold and bulbous buttercup in bloom.
- call: There was also a larger version of the buttercup called marsh marigold.
Adjective modifier
- African: Reply I have always used African Marigolds to reduce nematodes on my onions.
- yellow: They might cut it up into quaint shapes and dot it with red daisies or yellow marigolds.
- French: French Marigolds have been tested by planting in among Potatoes that were infected with eelworm.
- bright: A large shallow bowl contains that Lobelia with bright orange Marigolds.
- few: Do people want to turn everything into mown grassland and concrete with a few marigolds?
Modifies a noun
- flower: I recently planted six marigold flowers in the small front south facing garden.
- petal: Marigold petals are a colorful addition to a salad.
- seed: Under a grass sward, corn marigold seeds showed a mean annual decline rate of 36 % and a half-life of 1.5 years.
- powder: After the bath, dust down with lavender herb and marigold flower powder ( or neem powder if available ).
Noun used with modifier
- marsh: Marsh Marigold The golden cups of marsh marigold brighten many a dull spring day.
- corn: Corn marigold is not recorded above 1,100 ft in the UK.
- pot: Calendula Trial Back in May, Carole decided to set up a flower trial, sowing the pot marigold: Calendula.
- French: They also seems to like tomatoes, so she plants french marigolds and tagetes among the plants.
- plant: They also seems to like tomatoes, so she plants french marigolds and tagetes among the plants.
Browse dictionary entries near marigold
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