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calendula noun[ C or U ] uk /kəˈlen.dʒə.lə/ us /kəˈlen.dʒə.lə/ a plant that is used for making a substance that you rub into your skin to make it less sore金盏花(一种植物,可制成皮肤用品,擦用有止痛功效) scisettialfio/iStock / Getty Images Plus/GettyImages SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Medicines & drugs analgesia anti-AIDS anti-asthma anti-cancer anti-cholesterol anticoagulant anxiolytic astragalus astringent atropine bactericide beta blocker laxative midazolam Milk of Magnesia naloxone Novocaine NSAID quinine Rescue Remedy
Being a doctor's son I happen to remember that calendula, which takes the pain out of a cut finger most amazingly, has a yellow flower. Except, indeed, for my brave marigolds and calendulas and little button asters. I wonder if the calendulas are so tall that they hide the asters. It offers them fresh blossoms and new colors each morning, and it is even more easy to pick than the calendula. Then there was the calendula—a delight to the young, because it blooms incessantly long past the early frosts, and has brittle stems that yield themselves to the clumsiest plucking by small hands. |