/keuh len"jeuh leuh/ , n.
1. Also called pot marigold . a composite plant, Calendula officinalis, widely cultivated for its showy, many-rayed orange or yellow flower heads.
2. the dried florets of this plant, sometimes used medicinally.
3. any other plant of the genus Calendula.
[ 1870-75; calend ( ae ) CALENDS + -ula -ULE ]