Definition of African marigold

1. Noun. A stout branching annual with large yellow to orange flower heads; Mexico and Central America.

Exact synonyms: Aztec Marigold, Big Marigold, Tagetes Erecta
Generic synonyms: Marigold

Lexicographical Neighbors of African Marigold

African crocodile
African daisy
African elephant
African elephants
African endomyocardial fibrosis
African furuncular myiasis
African gray
African green monkey
African haemorrhagic fever
African hemp
African holly
African hunting dog
African lily
African mahogany
African marigold
African millet
African mole cricket
African mole crickets
African monitor
African nation
African oil palm
African penguin
African penguins
African sandalwood
African scented mahogany
African tea
African tick fever
African trypanosomiasis
African tulip

Literary usage of African marigold

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Gardeners Dictionary: Containing the Methods of Cultivating and by Philip Miller (1754)
"... eft upright african marigold, with a fingle pale-yellow Flower. 2. ... Created upright african marigold, with a large double pale- ..."

2. The English Flower Garden and Home Grounds: Design and Arrangement Shown by by William Robinson (1901)
"The follow ing are the best :— T. erecta (african marigold] is easily known by its stiff, erect habit, and massive double yellow blooms. ..."

3. The Ladies Flower-garden of Ornamental Annuals by Loudon (Jane) (1842)
"The history of this plant is involved in some obscurity ; as the early writers on plants appear to have confounded it with the upright or african marigold. ..."

4. Observations Upon the Climate of Uckfield, Sussex, and Its Neighbourhood by Charles Leeson Prince (1886)
"... african marigold, polyanthus, primroses, nemophila insignis and discoidalis, yellow jasmine, &c. FEBRUARY Was a milder month, with a temperature ..."

5. Plant Names, Scientific and Popular, Including in the Case of Each Plant the by Albert Brown Lyons (1900)
"african marigold, Large african marigold. Turkey Gilliflower, African Tansy or Flos africanus of old herbalists. b. ..."

6. My Garden, Its Plan and Culture Together with a General Description of Its by Alfred Smee (1872)
"african marigold, orange double. FIG. 480.—african marigold, single. FIG. 481. ... A single plant here and there of the african marigold ..."

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