gerbera

American  

[gur-ber-uh, jur-] / ˈgɜr bər ə, ˈdʒɜr- /

noun

1. any of various composite plants of the genus Gerbera, native to Africa and Asia, having showy, many-rayed flowers ranging from yellow to red.

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gerbera British  

/ ˈdʒɜːbərə /

noun

1. any plant of the perennial genus Gerbera, esp the Barberton daisy from S. Africa, G. jamesonii, grown, usually as a greenhouse plant, for its large brightly coloured daisy-like flowers: family Asteraceae

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Etymology

Origin of gerbera

< New Latin (Linnaeus), named after Traugott Gerber (died 1743), German naturalist; -a ²

Example Sentences

In Wyryki, where a house was destroyed recently after a jet fighter tried to down one of Russia’s low-cost Gerbera drones, Ewa Jablonska, a police-dog trainer, has seen the turnout for her first-aid classes jump.

From The Wall Street Journal

Initial indications suggest the drones fired into Polish airspace last week were Gerbera 'decoy' drones rather than armed ones.

From BBC

Russian drones like the Gerbera can fly for hundreds of kilometres to reach places that until recently were regarded as relatively safe.

From BBC

Outlined with a Krink paint marker, the oversize gerbera daisy mural makes a statement from every room in the apartment.

From Los Angeles Times

Each of us had a teal-glazed ceramic vessel fitted with green rubber-coated chicken wire to hold flowers in place and a bucket of Gerbera daisies, shimmer roses, sweet peas and phlox in a palette that ranged from grapefruit to lavender.

From New York Times