calendula
US/kəˈlɛnd͡ʒjələ/
calendula noun: any plant of the genus Calendula, with yellow or orange flowers, often called marigolds. Used for decoration, as food or spice, and as a trap crop.
Noun
calendula (countable and uncountable, plural calendulas)
- Any plant of the genus Calendula, with yellow or orange flowers, often called marigolds. Used for decoration, as food or spice, and as a trap crop.
- 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.2010, Daphne Kalotay, chapter 7, in Russian Winter, London: Arrow Books, The Random House Group Limited, published 2012, →ISBN, book I, pages 197–198
Forms of calendula
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Origin of calendula
From translingual Calendula, New Latin calendula, diminutive of kalendae. See calends.
Words formed from calendula
Questions about calendula
- What does calendula mean?
- Calendula means any plant of the genus Calendula, with yellow or orange flowers, often called marigolds. Used for decoration, as food or spice, and as a trap crop.
- What part of speech is calendula?
- Calendula is a noun.
- How do you pronounce calendula?
- Calendula is pronounced /kəˈlɛnd͡ʒjələ/ (US).
- What is the plural of calendula?
- The plural of calendula is calendulas.
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