a plant of the daisy family with yellow, orange, or copper-brown flowers, which is widely cultivated as an ornamental 万寿菊;金盏花
Genera Calendula (the common or pot marigold) and Tagetes (the French and African marigolds), family Compositae 金盏花属(普通金盏花,盆栽金盏花)和万寿菊属(法国万寿菊,非洲万寿菊),菊科 ■used in names of other plants with yellow flowers, e.g. corn marigold, marsh marigold [用于开黄花的植物名称中,如corn marigold,marsh mari- gold]
语源
late Middle English: from the given name Mary (probably referring to the Virgin) + dialect gold, denoting the corn or garden marigold in Old English