different between marigold vs tagete

English

Etymology

From Middle English marigolde, marygoldye, from Mary (“referring to the Virgin Mary”) + golde (“marigold”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?mæ?.?????ld/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?mæ?.???o?ld/, IPA^(key): /?m??.???o?ld/
• (Mary–marry–merry distinction)
• (Mary–marry–merry merger)

Noun

marigold (plural marigolds)

1. Any of the Old World plants, of the genus Calendula, with orange, yellow or reddish flowers.
2. Any of the New World plants, of the genus Tagetes, with orange, yellow or reddish flowers.
3. Alternative form of Marigold (rubber glove for cleaning)

Derived terms

Translations

Adjective

marigold (comparative more marigold, superlative most marigold)

1. Having the color of marigolds, a bright yellowish-orange hue.

See also

• Marigold on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Grimaldo

English

Etymology

Apparently back-formed from Tagetes, taking it to be plural.

Noun

tagete (plural tagetes)

1. Synonym of tagetes (“individual plant of the genus Tagetes”).
   • 1979, Ellen Kettle, That they might live, page 3:

     The wound was washed with the juice of a young green coconut, sutured with a fine coconut fibre using the sharpened wing bone of a flying fox and then dressed with a "tagete" leaf over which was laid the outer layer of a banana flower. The whole was then sealed from the air with a mixture of pepper, lime and young betel nut chewed together. Mrs. Parkinson said she knew a man who had lived for thirty years after this operation, but she thought this was exceptional.

   • 2008, Christina Burrus, Frida Kahlo: "I Paint My Reality", page 62:

     […] The little girl wears a white death mask and holds a tagete (sunflower):

   • 2013, Sandra Orchard, Deadly Devotion (Port Aster Secrets Book #1): A Novel (Baker Books, ?ISBN):

     "She would no more confuse a calendula with a tagete than you'd mistake a water gun for a pistol."