marsh marigold

noun

Caltha palustris, a perennial plant with bright yellow flowers.

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cowslipkingcupmayflowermollyblobspollyblobshorse blobmeadow brightMay blob
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Meanings

nounmarsh marigold (plural marsh marigolds)

plural marsh marigolds

  1. Caltha palustris, a perennial plant with bright yellow flowers.

    Here is spring were celandine, marsh marigold, wind-flower, primrose, cowslip and dog's violet.

    1977, K.M. Elizabeth Murray, Caught in the Web of Words, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 13

    Synonyms: cowslip, kingcup, mayflower, mollyblobs, pollyblobs, horse blob

Synonyms & antonyms

nounCaltha palustris, a perennial plant with bright yellow flowers.

Similar
cowslipkingcupmayflowermollyblobspollyblobshorse blob

More synonyms by meaning

nounswamp plant of Europe and North America having bright yellow flowers resembling buttercups

Similar
kingcupmeadow brightMay blobcowslipwater dragonCaltha palustris
Broader
marsh plantbog plantswamp plant
Also see
cowslipkingcupmareblobmeadow brightwater dragon

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Bulgarian блатняк
  • блатняк (blatnjak)plant
Catalan calta
  • caltaplant
Czech blatouch bahenní
  • blatouch bahenníplant
Dutch dotterbloem
  • dotterbloemplant
Finnish rentukka
  • rentukkaplant
French populage des marais
  • populage des maraisplant
German Dotterblume, Sumpfdotterblume
  • Dotterblumeplant
  • Sumpfdotterblumeplant
Hungarian mocsári gólyahír
  • mocsári gólyahírplant
Irish lus buí Bealtaine
  • lus buí Bealtaineplant
Japanese 立金花
  • 立金花 (ryuukinka)plant
Norwegian bekkeblom, soleihov
  • bekkeblomplant
  • soleihovplant
Polish knieć błotna, kaczeniec
  • knieć błotnaplant
  • kaczeniecplant
Romanian calcea calului
  • calcea caluluiplant
Russian калу́жница боло́тная
  • калу́жница боло́тная (kalúžnica bolótnaja)plant
Scottish Gaelic lus buidhe Bealltainn
  • lus buidhe Bealltainnplant
Spanish calta palustre, caléndula acuática
  • calta palustreplant
  • caléndula acuáticaplant
  • verrugueraplant
Swedish kabbeleka
  • kabbelekaplant
Turkish bataklık nergisi
  • bataklık nergisiplant
Welsh gold y gors
  • gold y gorsplant
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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