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SUN MARIGOLD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sun marigold mean? 

SUN MARIGOLD (noun)
  The noun SUN MARIGOLD has 1 sense:

1. any of several South African plants grown for the profusion of usually yellow daisylike flowers and mounds of aromatic foliageplay

  Familiarity information: SUN MARIGOLD used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SUN MARIGOLD (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of several South African plants grown for the profusion of usually yellow daisylike flowers and mounds of aromatic foliage

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

cape marigold; star of the veldt; sun marigold

Hypernyms ("sun marigold" is a kind of...):

flower (a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms)

Holonyms ("sun marigold" is a member of...):

Dimorphotheca; genus Dimorphotheca (South African herbs or subshrubs with usually yellow flowers)


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