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corn marigold
noun
a composite plant, Chrysanthemum segetum, of Eurasia, having daisylike, solitary yellow flowers.
corn marigold
noun
an annual plant, Chrysanthemum segetum, with yellow daisy-like flower heads: a common weed of cultivated land: family Asteraceae (composites)
Word History and Origins
Origin of corn marigold1
Example Sentences
Scarlet poppies, blue harebells, the yellow corn marigolds, the mauve mallows, the “butter and eggs,” and woodbine—all were there, gathered by willing hands.
It was a pretty scene, with a background of late-flowering gorse bushes and a foreground of corn marigold that edged the field.
We found daisies and corn marigolds and put them in our button-holes; some found harebells.
On the mounds grew corn marigolds, so brilliantly yellow that they seemed to shine in the sunlight, and on a wall moth-mullein flowered high above the foxgloves.
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