Search Result for "tagetes_erecta":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a stout branching annual with large yellow to orange flower heads; Mexico and Central America;
[syn: African marigold, big marigold, Aztec marigold, Tagetes erecta]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

African \Af"ri*can\, a. [L. Africus, Africanus, fr. Afer African.] Of or pertaining to Africa. [1913 Webster] African hemp, a fiber prepared from the leaves of the Sanseviera Guineensis, a plant found in Africa and India. African marigold, a tropical American plant (Tagetes erecta). African oak or African teak, a timber furnished by Oldfieldia Africana, used in ship building. [1913 Webster] African violet . African-American, see African-American. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Tagetes erecta n 1: a stout branching annual with large yellow to orange flower heads; Mexico and Central America [syn: African marigold, big marigold, Aztec marigold, Tagetes erecta]