tagetes

/tæˈdʒiːtiːz/ /təˈdʒiːtiːz/

Meanings

noun noun

Any plant of the marigold (Tagetes) family.

Examples :

"My grandmother always plants tagetes in her garden because they help keep the bugs away from her tomatoes. "

Any plant of the marigold (Tagetes) family.

Examples :

"My grandmother always plants tagetes in her vegetable garden to help keep the pests away. "

plant nature vegetable agriculture biology

Related Words

grandmother noun

/ˈɡɹæn(d)ˌmʌðə(r)/ /ˈɡɹæn(d)ˌmʌðɚ/

A mother of someone's parent.

"My grandmother taught me how to bake cookies when I was a child. "

marigold noun

/ˈmæɹ.ɪˌɡəʊld/ /ˈmæɹ.ɪˌɡoʊld/

(genericised brand name, usually plural, sometimes with capital) A rubber glove, especially one for use in household cleaning.

"She put on her Marigolds to wash the dishes after dinner. "

tomatoes noun

/təˈmeɪtoʊz/ /təˈmɑːtoʊz/

A widely cultivated plant, Solanum lycopersicum, having edible fruit.

"My grandmother grows the best tomatoes in her garden every summer. "

because adverb

/bɪˈkɒz/ /biˈkɔz/

For the reason (that).

"I went to the park because the weather was nice. "

they pronoun

/ðeɪ/

(the third-person plural) A group of people, animals, plants or objects previously mentioned.

"Dogs may bark if they want to be fed."

garden noun

/ˈɡɑːdn̩/ /-n̩/

An outdoor area containing one or more types of plants, usually plants grown for food or ornamental purposes.

"a vegetable garden a flower garden"

plants noun

/plɑːnts/ /plænts/

An organism that is not an animal, especially an organism capable of photosynthesis. Typically a small or herbaceous organism of this kind, rather than a tree.

"The garden had a couple of trees, and a cluster of colourful plants around the border."

family noun

/ˈfɛm(ɘ)li/ /ˈfæm(ɪ)li/ /ˈfæm(ə)li/

A group of people who are closely related to one another (by blood, marriage or adoption); kin; for example, a set of parents and their children; an immediate family.

"Our family lives in town."

always adverb

/ˈɔː(l).weɪz/ /ˈɔl.weɪz/

At all times; throughout all time; since the beginning.

"Airplanes did not always exist as a form of transportation."

vegetable noun

/ˈvɛd͡ʒtəbəl/

Any plant.

"My mom planted many different vegetables in her garden. "

pests noun

/pɛsts/

A plague, pestilence, epidemic

"During the summer, mosquitoes can be real pests, biting everyone outside. "

plant noun

/plænt/ /plɑːnt/

An organism that is not an animal, especially an organism capable of photosynthesis. Typically a small or herbaceous organism of this kind, rather than a tree.

"The garden had a couple of trees, and a cluster of colourful plants around the border."