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Webster 1913 Edition

Mary-bud

Ma′ry-budˊ

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Noun.

(Bot.)

The marigold; a blossom of the marigold.

Shak.

Webster 1828 Edition

Mary-bud

MA'RY-BUD

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Noun.

The marigold.

Definition 2024

Mary-bud

Mary-bud

English

Noun

Mary-bud ‎(plural Mary-buds)

(obsolete) A marigold or its blossom.
- Shakespeare, Cymbeline, Act II, Scene 3, ll. 23-26
  And winking Mary-buds begin / To ope their golden eyes: / With every thing that pretty is, / My lady sweet, arise.