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Tagetes erecta
(redirected from Cempasuchil)

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Noun1.Tagetes erecta - a stout branching annual with large yellow to orange flower headsTagetes erecta - a stout branching annual with large yellow to orange flower heads; Mexico and Central America
marigold - any of various tropical American plants of the genus Tagetes widely cultivated for their showy yellow or orange flowers


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Cecelia Linayao did a portrait of a child holding cempasuchil flowers, marigolds traditionally brought out for Day of the Dead because of their vibrant odor and color.
Flowers Cempasuchil or yellow marigolds and other flowers such as the purple Mano de Leon or cockscomb are sold in the markets for decorating altars and gravesites.
Meanwhile the men and young boys prepare the wooden-stick trellises known as arcos, which are first covered with the traditional flowers of the dead - the cempasuchil, or yellow marigolds.
 
 
 
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