Mexican marigold

noun

A wild flowering plant, Tagetes erecta, native to Mexico and Central America, with numerous small orangish petals.

Similar
African marigoldAztec marigoldbig marigold
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Meanings

nounMexican marigold (plural Mexican marigolds)

plural Mexican marigolds

  1. A wild flowering plant, Tagetes erecta, native to Mexico and Central America, with numerous small orangish petals.

    Synonyms: African marigold, Aztec marigold, big marigold

  2. Mexican tarragon, Tagetes lucida.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA wild flowering plant, Tagetes erecta, native to Mexico and Central America, with numerous small orangish petals.

Similar
African marigoldAztec marigoldbig marigold
Also see
african marigoldaztec marigoldmexican tarragon

Translations

Catalan clavell de moro mexicà
  • clavell de moro mexicàTagetes erecta
Chinese Mandarin 萬壽菊 /万寿菊
  • 萬壽菊 /万寿菊 (wànshòujú)Tagetes erecta
Finnish isosamettikukka
  • isosamettikukkaTagetes erecta
French rose d'Inde
  • rose d'IndeTagetes erecta
German Aufrechte Studentenblume
  • Aufrechte StudentenblumeTagetes erecta
Japanese 千寿菊
  • 千寿菊 (senjugiku)Tagetes erecta
Polish aksamitka wzniesiona
  • aksamitka wzniesionaTagetes erecta
Romanian crăiță
  • crăițăTagetes erecta
Russian ба́рхатцы прямостоя́чие, ба́рхатцы африка́нские
  • ба́рхатцы прямостоя́чие (bárxatcy prjamostojáčije)Tagetes erecta
  • ба́рхатцы африка́нские (bárxatcy afrikánskije)Tagetes erecta
Spanish cempasúchil, flor de cempasúchil
  • cempasúchilTagetes erecta
  • flor de cempasúchilTagetes erecta
  • flor de muertosTagetes erecta
  • cempoalTagetes erecta
Swedish stor tagetes, stor sammetsblomster
  • stor tagetesTagetes erecta
  • stor sammetsblomsterTagetes erecta
Tamil துலுக்கச்செவ்வந்தி
  • துலுக்கச்செவ்வந்தி (tulukkaccevvanti)Tagetes erecta
Turkish kadife çiçeği, topkadife
  • kadife çiçeğiTagetes erecta
  • topkadifeTagetes erecta
  • gâvur gülüTagetes erecta
Vietnamese vạn thọ
  • vạn thọTagetes erecta
Cite this entry
APA

Mexican marigold. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mexican%20marigold

MLA

“Mexican marigold.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mexican%20marigold. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Mexican marigold,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mexican%20marigold.

Source: Mexican marigold on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.