gazania

American  

[guh-zey-nee-uh] / gəˈzeɪ ni ə /

noun

1. any of several composite plants of the genus Gazania, native to southern Africa, having showy flowers with variously colored rays.

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gazania British  

/ ɡəˈzeɪnɪə /

noun

1. Also called: treasure flower.  any plant of the S. African genus Gazania, grown for their rayed flowers in variegated colours; the flowers close in the afternoon: family Asteraceae

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Etymology

Origin of gazania

< New Latin (1791), after Theodorus Gaza (1398–1478), Greek scholar; see -an, -ia

Example Sentences

They included exotic-sounding offerings such as white trailing lantana, orange flame gazania rigens and pink kaboom lampranthus — all chosen to satisfy the sculpture’s various sectional color requirements, marked “pupil,” “iris,” “pony dark” and more.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 24, 2025

Among the flowers are fuschia, gazania, zinnia and orange Mexican sunflowers, in addition to the others mentioned above.

From Washington Times • Sep. 11, 2019

She’s bought pansies and vinca and gazania, verbena, impatiens, and marigolds, and sacks of potting soil.

From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen

I sought for a gazania of another species and found its petals eyed like the peacock’s tail.

From Lodges in the Wilderness by Scully, W. C. (William Charles)

And the greatest wonder of all,—I bent down to examine a gazania; its inch-long golden rays expanded like a wheel of perfect symmetry.

From Lodges in the Wilderness by Scully, W. C. (William Charles)