calendula

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See also: Calendula and caléndula

English

calendula
Calendula officinalis

Etymology

From New Latin calendula, diminutive of kalendae. See calends.

Noun

calendula (countable and uncountable, plural calendulas)

  1. Any plant of the genus Calendula, with yellow or orange flowers, often called marigolds.
    • 2010, Daphne Kalotay, chapter 7, in Russian Winter, London: Arrow Books, The Random House Group Limited, published 2012, →ISBN, book I, pages 197–198:
      Their dressing room could barely contain all the bouquets they received. Nina gave the largest and brightest, full of zinnias and calendula, to Mother when she came backstage afterward—looking, in her maternal way, even more proud than usual, not just of Nina but of Vera, too.

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Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaˈlɛn.du.la/
  • Rhymes: -ɛndula
  • Hyphenation: ca‧lèn‧du‧la

Noun

calendula f (plural calendule)

  1. Alternative form of calendola
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