Phrase guide

Mexican marigold

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A wild flowering plant, Tagetes erecta, native to Mexico and Central America, with numerous small orangish petals.

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noun

Meaning 2

Mexican tarragon, Tagetes lucida

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Across languages

Translations

26 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: clavell de moro mexicà — Tagetes erecta
  • Chinese Mandarin: 萬壽菊 /万寿菊 (wànshòujú) — Tagetes erecta
  • Finnish: isosamettikukka — Tagetes erecta
  • French: rose d'Inde — Tagetes erecta
  • German: Aufrechte Studentenblume — Tagetes erecta
  • Japanese: 千寿菊 (senjugiku) — Tagetes erecta
  • Kikuyu: mũbangi — Tagetes erecta
  • Maltese: qronfol tat-Tork — Tagetes erecta
  • Nahuatl: cempohualxochitl — Tagetes erecta
  • Nahuatl: sempoalxuchi̱tl — Tagetes erecta
  • Classical Nahuatl: cempōhualxōchitl — Tagetes erecta
  • Polish: aksamitka wzniesiona — Tagetes erecta
  • Romanian: crăiță — Tagetes erecta
  • Russian: ба́рхатцы прямостоя́чие (bárxatcy prjamostojáčije) — Tagetes erecta
  • Russian: ба́рхатцы африка́нские (bárxatcy afrikánskije) — Tagetes erecta
  • Spanish: cempasúchil — Tagetes erecta
  • Spanish: flor de cempasúchil — Tagetes erecta
  • Spanish: flor de muertos — Tagetes erecta
  • Spanish: cempoal — Tagetes erecta
  • Swedish: stor tagetes — Tagetes erecta
  • Swedish: stor sammetsblomster — Tagetes erecta
  • Tamil: துலுக்கச்செவ்வந்தி (tulukkaccevvanti) — Tagetes erecta
  • Turkish: kadife çiçeği — Tagetes erecta
  • Turkish: topkadife — Tagetes erecta
  • Turkish: gâvur gülü — Tagetes erecta
  • Vietnamese: vạn thọ — Tagetes erecta