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marigold

Any of several plants belonging to the daisy family, including pot marigold (C. officinalis) and the tropical American T. patula, commonly known as French marigold. (Genera Calendula and Tagetes, family Compositae.)

Investigations by chemists 1993 revealed that marigolds give off volatile insecticides. Several compounds found in marigold tissues are insecticidal, including the volatile thiophenes. These have proved toxic to disease-carrying mosquitoes, and would be safer than available synthetic insecticides.



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"But surely I saw Marigold wreaths floating off the edge of the Ghaut only this noon," said the Adjutant.
The Second Jungle Book by Kipling, Rudyard View in context
In May and June come pinks of all sorts, specially the blushpink; roses of all kinds, except the musk, which comes later; honeysuckles; strawberries; bugloss; columbine; the French marigold, flos Africanus; cherry-tree in fruit; ribes; figs in fruit; rasps; vineflowers; lavender in flowers; the sweet satyrian, with the white flower; herba muscaria; lilium convallium; the apple-tree in blossom.
The Essays by Bacon, Sir Francis View in context
The old toad was down under the marsh, decorating her room with rushes and yellow marigold leaves, to make it very grand for her new daughter-in-law; then she swam out with her ugly son to the leaf where Thumbelina lay.
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