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CORN MARIGOLD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does corn marigold mean?
• CORN MARIGOLD (noun)
The noun CORN MARIGOLD has 1 sense:
1. European herb with bright yellow flowers; a common weed in grain fields
Familiarity information: CORN MARIGOLD used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
European herb with bright yellow flowers; a common weed in grain fields
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Chrysanthemum segetum; corn marigold; field marigold
Hypernyms ("corn marigold" is a kind of...):
chrysanthemum (any of numerous perennial Old World herbs having showy brightly colored flower heads of the genera Chrysanthemum, Argyranthemum, Dendranthema, Tanacetum; widely cultivated)
Holonyms ("corn marigold" is a member of...):
genus Chrysanthemum (in some classifications many plants usually assigned to the genus Chrysanthemum have been divided among other genera: e.g. Argyranthemum; Dendranthema; Leucanthemum; Tanacetum)
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