œillet d'Inde

French

Noun

œillet d'Inde m (plural œillets d'Inde)

  1. (botany) French marigold (Tagetes patula)
  2. (botany) Aztec marigold (Tagetes erecta)[1]
    Synonyms: fleur des morts, grand œillet d'Inde, tagète dressée, rose d'Inde
    Hypernym: tagète

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Littré, Émile (1873–1878), “œillet.2”, in Dictionnaire de la langue française, Paris: L. Hachette

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