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Definition of Calendula
1. Noun. 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.
Group relationships: Genus Calendula
Specialized synonyms: Calendula Officinalis, Common Marigold, Pot Marigold, Ruddles, Scotch Marigold
Definition of Calendula
1. n. 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.
Definition of Calendula
1. Noun. (botany) Any plant of the genus ''Calendula'', with yellow or orange flowers, often called marigolds. ¹
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Definition of Calendula
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Calendula
Literary usage of Calendula
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica by John Henry Clarke (1900)
"Etat of 1849, treated a number of cases of gun-shot wounds with comminuted bones,
and saved several limbs by means of calendula. ..."
2. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum by Richard Bowdler Sharpe, British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology (1890)
"Classi f. B. ii. p. 202 (1837) C. crassirostris. Foot of calendula ... calendula
crassirostris. Alouette à gros boo, Levait!. Ois. d'Afr. iv. pi. ..."
3. A Manual of pharmacodynamics by Richard Hughes (1899)
"I begin to-day with the common garden marigold— calendula. ... His cases show
that calendula has a most beneficial influence over wounds, especially incised ..."
4. Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse by Edward Step (1897)
"Genus calendula calendula (Latin, calendas, the first day of each month ...
The Common or Pot Marigold (calendula officinalis) was introduced to Britain ..."
5. The Flower Garden, Or, Breck's Book of Flowers: In which are Described All by Joseph Breck (1858)
"calendula. — So named because it may be found in flower during the calends of
... calendula officinalis.—Pot Marigold.—A hardy annual, common to the gardens ..."
6. Lectures, Clinical and Didactic, on the Diseases of Women by Reuben Ludlam (1872)
"iTx*n 1 drachm of the strong tincture of calendula add two ounces each of glycerine
and ... The calendula not only heals the abraded surface most kindly, ..."
7. Materia Medica and Therapeutics for Physicians and Students by John Barclay Biddle, Clement Biddle (1895)
"It may be given in doses of gr. viij-5j- Of the tincture (tinctura calendula],
the dose is foss-j. It may be used topically, diluted with water 2O parts. ..."
8. The Dublin Journal of Medical Science (1887)
"[Ointment prepared by adding calendula flowers to melted lard has long been a
favourite remedy for ulcers with country apothecaries.—ED. ..."
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