n 1  cap  :  a small genus of yellow-rayed composite herbs of temperate regions  2  :  any plant of the genus Calendula  3  :  the dried florets of plants of the genus Calendula (esp. C. officinalis) sometimes used as a mild aromatic and diaphoretic .
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  glan·du·la 
 
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