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black-eyed Susan
noun
- any of a number of composite plants having daisylike flowers with a dark center disk and usually yellow ray flowers, especially Rudbeckia hirta: the state flower of Maryland.
black-eyed Susan
noun
- any of several North American plants of the genus Rudbeckia , esp R. hirta , having flower heads of orange-yellow rays and brown-black centres: family Asteraceae (composites)
- a climbing plant, Thunbergia alata , native to tropical Africa but widely naturalized elsewhere, having yellow flowers with purple centres, grown as a greenhouse annual
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Word History and Origins
Origin of black-eyed Susan1
An Americanism dating back to 1890–95
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Example Sentences
"Black-eyed Susan" gives more milk than her companions but their milk has richer cream.
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"Black-eyed Susan" belongs to the Holsteins and is black and white.
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Once "Black-eyed Susan" switched her tail across Marmaduke's face.
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We can easily understand how "Black-eyed Susan" would move the hearts of sailors returning after a long voyage.
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