calendulan.
Botany.
1. The generic name of the Common Marigold, and its congeners.
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1871 in M. Collins Mrq. & Merch. I. x. 309 The golden haze of the Calendula.
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2. Pharmacology. A tincture of the flowers applied as a hæmostatic to wounds, etc. attributive in calendula ointment, calendula plaster, etc.
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