gaillardia

[ gey-lahr-dee-uh ]

noun

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

gaillardia

/ 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)

Word History and Origins

Origin of gaillardia¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of gaillardia¹

C19: from New Latin, named after Gaillard de Marentonneau, 18th-century French amateur botanist

Example Sentences

But our gardens owe to this family innumerable beautiful and showy plants such as the China aster, the chrysanthemum, the cosmos, zinnia, dahlia, ageratum, gaillardia, coreopsis, sunflower, etc., etc.

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Conspicuous and characteristic flowers of the lower altitudes are the mariposa lily, iris, wallflower, gaillardia, and numerous species of cinquefoil, pentstemon, and evening primrose.

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Chrysanthemums, asters, Iceland poppies, gaillardias, pansies, bedding calceolarias, zonal pelargoniums and other plants are cultivated in immense quantities.

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Almost the first thing I did in the way of gardening was to put in some gaillardias, which I had bought in a box.

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The golden and purple flowers of the fall bespangled the roadside—wild sunflowers, brown-centred gaillardia, wild sage, and goldenrod.

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