Bot. [mod.L. dim. of calendæ, intended to express ‘little calendar, little clock, or perh. little weather-glass.’]
1. The generic name of the Common Marigold, and its congeners.
1871. in M. Collins, Mrq. & Merch., I. x. 309.
| The golden haze of the Calendula | |
| Always around her seemed to glide and play. |
2. Pharm. A tincture of the flowers applied as a hæmostatic to wounds, etc. attrib. in Calendula ointment, plaster, etc.
