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Definition of Gaillardia
1. Noun. Any plant of western America of the genus Gaillardia having hairy leaves and long-stalked flowers in hot vibrant colors from golden yellow and copper to rich burgundy.
Group relationships: Genus Gaillardia
Specialized synonyms: Blanket Flower, Fire Wheel, Fire-wheel, Gaillardia Pulchella, Indian Blanket
Definition of Gaillardia
1. Noun. Any of several New World flowering plants of the genus ''Gaillardia'' ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gaillardia
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Gaillardia
Literary usage of Gaillardia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Flower Garden: Or, Breck's Book of Flowers; in which are Described All by Joseph Breck (1856)
"Painted gaillardia. — A very handsome plant, naturally a perennial, ... Two-colored
gaillardia. — This variety appears identical with gaillardia picta, ..."
2. Lawns and Gardens: How to Plant and Beautify the Home Lot, the Pleasure by Nils Jönsson-Rose (1897)
"gaillardia, gaillardia aristata.—A very floriferous plant about a foot high, ...
gaillardia. Dahlia, Dahlia variabilis.—Well known border plant with fleshy ..."
3. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States: Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1898)
"In dry soil, Nebraska and Missouri to Louisiana, Mexico and Arizona. May-Sept.
2. gaillardia aristata Pursh. Great- flowered gaillardia. (Fig. 3976. ..."
4. Landscape Gardening: Notes and Suggestions on Lawns and Lawn Planting by Samuel Parsons (1891)
"gaillardia grandiflora bears bright yellow and red flowers on stout, erect stems
one foot high. They continue in bloom all through July, August, ..."
5. Handbook of Hardy Herbaceous and Alpine Flowers by William Sutherland (1871)
"gaillardia.—This is a limited group of handsome border- plants, producing large
showy flowers, rather profusely and in long continuance. ..."
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