Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Calendula"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Calendula \Ca*len"du*la\, n. [NL., fr. L. calendae calends.]
(Bot.)
A genus of composite herbaceous plants. One species,
{Calendula officinalis}, is the common marigold, and was
supposed to blossom on the calends of every month, whence the
name.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
calendula
n : any of numerous chiefly annual herbs of the genus Calendula
widely cultivated for their yellow or orange flowers;
often used for medicinal and culinary purposes
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