calthan.
/ˈkalθə/ Botany.
The Marsh Marigold; also the genus to which it belongs.
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1599 ‘T. Cutwode’ Caltha Poetarum lxii To buz of Caltha now the Bee was bold..For now no more he cals her Marygold, But newes from Lady Caltha he is bringing.
1718 M. Prior Solomon on Vanity i, in Poems Several Occasions (new ed.) 400 Wanting the Sun, why does the Caltha fade?
1882 Garden 10 June 404/3 The richly coloured double yellow Caltha.
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