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corn marigold

noun

  1. a composite plant, Chrysanthemum segetum, of Eurasia, having daisylike, solitary yellow flowers.


corn marigold

noun

  1. an annual plant, Chrysanthemum segetum, with yellow daisy-like flower heads: a common weed of cultivated land: family Asteraceae (composites)
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Origin of corn marigold1

First recorded in 1590–1600
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Scarlet poppies, blue harebells, the yellow corn marigolds, the mauve mallows, the “butter and eggs,†and woodbine—all were there, gathered by willing hands.

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It was a pretty scene, with a background of late-flowering gorse bushes and a foreground of corn marigold that edged the field.

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We found daisies and corn marigolds and put them in our button-holes; some found harebells.

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On the mounds grew corn marigolds, so brilliantly yellow that they seemed to shine in the sunlight, and on a wall moth-mullein flowered high above the foxgloves.

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