any of various tropical American plants of the genus Tagetes, esp T. erecta (African marigold) and T. patula (French marigold), cultivated for their yellow or orange flower heads and strongly scented foliage: family Asteraceae (composites)
2.
any of various similar or related plants, such as the marsh marigold, pot marigold, bur marigold, and fig marigold
Word origin
C14: from Mary (the Virgin) + gold
Examples of 'tagetes' in a sentence
tagetes
There is also a form of tagetes that is proving good at getting rid of eelworm.