单词 | tagetes |
释义 | tagetesn. An annual or perennial herb of the genus of this name, belonging to the family Compositæ and native to South and Central America; esp. = marigold n. 1b. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > composite flowers > marigold goldOE rudc1300 gold flowera1325 solseclea1350 rodeworta1398 marigolda1400 yellow-bottlea1400 yellow goldc1405 soussiea1425 solsequium1540 soucyc1550 sun's flower1568 solsequya1680 pot marigold1760 tagetes1792 calendula1871 1792 Bot. Mag. 5 150 (heading) Spreading Tagetes, or French Marigold. 1829 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Plants 718 Tagetes. 1895 W. Robinson Eng. Flower Garden (ed. 4) 780/2 There are also perennial Tagetes, but they are not hardy enough to make satisfactory plants out-of-doors. 1926 Contemp. Rev. Feb. 233 A thick mass of petunia and tagetes..in blossom. 1962 R. Page Educ. Gardener vii. 220 French gardeners are used to cultivating huge batches of..several varieties of tagetes. 1975 Country Life 13 Feb. 388/2 Tagetes marigolds are not at all bad in shade. 1980 L. Mantell Murder or Three ii. 23 Small shrubs..and an edging of velvety gold and brown Tagetes. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.1792 |
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