common marigold

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   the common European annual marigold

   Synonymspot marigoldruddlesScotch marigoldCalendula officinalis

   Broadercalendula

Questions about common marigold

What does common marigold mean?

common marigold means "the common European annual marigold".

What is another word for common marigold?

Close synonyms include pot marigold, ruddles, Scotch marigold, Calendula officinalis. 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 common marigold a common word?

common marigold 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.