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Definition of Black-eyed Susan

1. Noun. Tropical African climbing plant having yellow flowers with a dark purple center.

2. Noun. Annual weedy herb with ephemeral yellow purple-eyed flowers; Old World tropics; naturalized as a weed in North America.

3. Noun. The state flower of Maryland; of central and southeastern United States; having daisylike flowers with dark centers and yellow to orange rays.

Definition of Black-eyed Susan

1. Noun. A flowering annual plant ''Rudbeckia hirta''; the state flower of Maryland. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Black-eyed Susan

black-bag black-bellied plover black-bellied plovers black-billed capercaillie black-billed cuckoo black-body radiation black-box testing black-capped chickadee black-capped tinamou black-capped tinamous

black-collar black-crested antshrike black-crested antshrikes black-crowned night heron black-dot ringworm black-eyed Susan (current term) black-eyed Susan vine black-eyed Susans black-eyed pea black-eyed peas

black-footed albatross black-footed cat black-footed cats black-footed ferret black-footed rock wallaby black-fronted bush shrike black-grouse black-haired black-handed gibbon black-handed gibbons

Literary usage of Black-eyed Susan

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The English Poets: Selections with Critical Introductions by Thomas Humphry Ward (1921)
"black-eyed Susan. All in the Downs the fleet was moored, The streamers waving in the wind, When black-eyed Susan came aboard, ' Oh ! where shall I my true ..."

2. The Harvard Classics by Charles William Eliot (1910)
"black-eyed Susan ALL in the Downs the fleet was ... The streamers waving in the wind, When black-eyed Susan came aboard ; • ' OI where shall I my true-love ..."

3. Poetry for Children by Samuel Eliot (1879)
"black-eyed Susan. All in the Downs the fleet was moored, The streamers waving in the wind, When black-eyed Susan came on board, " Oh, where shall I my ..."

4. Plays and Players by Laurence Hutton (1875)
"Theresa, her friend Mrs. Abbott. Carolea, a page Miss Wallis. The whole to conclude with the Nautical Drama of "black-eyed Susan; on, ALL IN THE DOWNS. ..."

5. Handbook of Nature-study for Teachers and Parents, Based on the Cornell by Anna Botsford Comstock (1911)
"THE YELLOW DAISY, OR black-eyed Susan Teacher's Story These beautiful, showy flowers have rich contrasts in their color scheme. ..."

6. English Poetry in Three Volumes;: In Three Volumes ; with Introduction and Notes (1910)
"2jG black-eyed Susan ALL in the Downs the fleet was moor'd, The streamers waving in the wind, When black-eyed Susan came aboard; ' OI where shall I my ..."

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