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black-eyed Susan

noun

  1. any of a number of composite plants having daisylike flowers with a dark center disk and usually yellow ray flowers, especially Rudbeckia hirta: the state flower of Maryland.


black-eyed Susan

noun

  1. any of several North American plants of the genus Rudbeckia , esp R. hirta , having flower heads of orange-yellow rays and brown-black centres: family Asteraceae (composites)
  2. a climbing plant, Thunbergia alata , native to tropical Africa but widely naturalized elsewhere, having yellow flowers with purple centres, grown as a greenhouse annual
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of black-eyed Susan1

An Americanism dating back to 1890–95
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Example Sentences

"Black-eyed Susan" gives more milk than her companions but their milk has richer cream.

"Black-eyed Susan" belongs to the Holsteins and is black and white.

Once "Black-eyed Susan" switched her tail across Marmaduke's face.

We can easily understand how "Black-eyed Susan" would move the hearts of sailors returning after a long voyage.

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