calendula officinalis

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   the common European annual marigold

   Synonymscommon marigoldpot marigoldruddlesScotch marigold

   Broadercalendula

Questions about calendula officinalis

What does calendula officinalis mean?

calendula officinalis means "the common European annual marigold".

What is another word for calendula officinalis?

Close synonyms include common marigold, pot marigold, ruddles, Scotch marigold. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is calendula officinalis a common word?

calendula officinalis is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.