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TAGETES ERECTA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Tagetes erecta mean?
• TAGETES ERECTA (noun)
The noun TAGETES ERECTA has 1 sense:
1. a stout branching annual with large yellow to orange flower heads; Mexico and Central America
Familiarity information: TAGETES ERECTA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A stout branching annual with large yellow to orange flower heads; Mexico and Central America
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
African marigold; Aztec marigold; big marigold; Tagetes erecta
Hypernyms ("Tagetes erecta" is a kind of...):
marigold (any of various tropical American plants of the genus Tagetes widely cultivated for their showy yellow or orange flowers)
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