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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)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of corn marigold1

First recorded in 1590–1600
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Example Sentences

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

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

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

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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