marsh marigold

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   swamp plant of Europe and North America having bright yellow flowers resembling buttercups

   Synonymskingcupmeadow brightMay blobcowslipwater dragonCaltha palustris

   Broadermarsh plant

   Part ofCaltha

Questions about marsh marigold

What does marsh marigold mean?

marsh marigold means "swamp plant of Europe and North America having bright yellow flowers resembling buttercups".

What is another word for marsh marigold?

Close synonyms include kingcup, meadow bright, May blob, cowslip, water dragon. 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 marsh marigold a common word?

marsh 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.