Marigold Definition

mărĭ-gōld, mâr-
marigolds
noun
Any of a genus (Tagetes) of annual plants of the composite family, with chiefly red, yellow, or orange flowers.
Webster's New World
The flower of any of these.
Webster's New World
Any of several other plants, usually of the composite family, as the pot marigold.
Webster's New World
adjective
Having the color of marigolds, a bright yellowish-orange hue.
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Other Word Forms of Marigold

Noun

Singular:
marigold
Plural:
marigolds

Origin of Marigold

  • Middle English Mari Mary (ultimately from Greek Maria marionette) golde marigold (from Old English) (probably akin to gold)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Mary +"Ž gold, from Middle English golde (“marigold").

    From Wiktionary

Marigold Sentence Examples

  • I can't grow a marigold in a pot of fertilizer and these poor things don't even have soil!

  • Each pot also gets a marigold to deter whitefly.

  • My usual, the Marigold vegetable bouillon powder, is pulled out here.

  • English marigold is a good choice, being easy to grow and a good bee attractant.

  • In the American button-bush the heads are globular, in some species of teazel elliptical, while in scabious and in composite plants, as sunflower, dandelion, thistle, centaury and marigold, they are somewhat hemispherical, with a flattened, slightly hollowed, or convex disk.

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