corn marigold

noun

1. a composite plant, Chrysanthemum segetum, of Eurasia, having daisylike, solitary yellow flowers.

corn marigold

noun

1. an annual plant, Chrysanthemum segetum, with yellow daisy-like flower heads: a common weed of cultivated land: family Asteraceae (composites)

Word History and Origins

Origin of corn marigold¹

First recorded in 1590–1600

Example Sentences

Every man in Denmark who fails to destroy the corn-marigold is severely punished.

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It was a pretty scene, with a background of late-flowering gorse bushes and a foreground of corn marigold that edged the field.

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The leaves of the Corn-marigold are "much hackt and cut into divers sections and placed confusedly."

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Chrysanthemum, kris-an′the-mum, n. a genus of composite plants to which belong the corn marigold and ox-eye daisy.

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