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tagetes (iou)



tagetes noun. L18.
[mod. Latin (see below), from Tages an Etruscan god.]
Any of various freq. yellow- or orange-flowered plants constituting the genus Tagetes, of the composite family, which are native to Central and S. America and include the French marigold, T. patula, and African marigold, T. erecta, both commonly grown for ornament.