gaillardia

American  

[gey-lahr-dee-uh] / geɪˈlɑr di ə /

noun

1. any composite plant of the genus Gaillardia, including the blanket-flowers.

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gaillardia British  

/ ɡeɪˈlɑːdɪə /

noun

1. any plant of the North American genus Gaillardia, having ornamental flower heads with yellow or red rays and purple discs: family Asteraceae (composites)

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Etymology

Origin of gaillardia

1885–90; < New Latin, named after Gaillard de Charentonneau, 18th-century French botanical amateur; see -ia

Example Sentences

Finally, early this year, Gaillardia was sold to Concert Golf Partners, an investment firm based in Newport Beach, Calif., which assumed $7 million in loans and now owns the property free and clear.

From New York Times • Jul. 7, 2014

Leafy shoot in place of ovule of Gaillardia 270149, 150.

From Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants by Masters, Maxwell T.

Gaillardia, called Blanket Flower from its habit of covering the ground with bloomGaillardia, picta Lorenziania H.A.

From The Garden, You, and I by Wright, Mabel Osgood

"Gaillardia always reminds me of it a bit—the lemon color," said Ethel Brown.

From Ethel Morton's Enterprise by Smith, Mabell S. C. (Mabell Shippie Clarke)

Gaillardia cristata Blanket Flower H.P. first year Yellow and red 1 ft.

From The Garden, You, and I by Wright, Mabel Osgood