tagetes patula

1. 1.

   strong-scented bushy annual with orange or yellow flower heads marked with red; Mexico and Guatemala

   SynonymsFrench marigold

   Broadermarigold

Questions about tagetes patula

What does tagetes patula mean?

tagetes patula means "strong-scented bushy annual with orange or yellow flower heads marked with red; Mexico and Guatemala".

What is another word for tagetes patula?

Close synonyms include French 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 tagetes patula a common word?

tagetes patula 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.